Where does “valaistuja” come from?

valaistuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish valaistua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu — to be able.

valaistuja (Finnish): The one who is (being) enlightened

Definitions

  1. The one who is (being) enlightened

Ancestry of “valaistuja”, step by step

valaistuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valaistua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvalaistuaTo become alight; To become enlightened
2Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
3Idotuyou singular, thou
4Spanishtúyou; thou
5Latintuusyour
6Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
7Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
8Polishtuhere
9Polishbyćto be
10Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
11Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
12Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →