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
4Spanishyou; 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
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 mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťь