Where does “valaistuja” come from?

valaistuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish valaistua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

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
4EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
5EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
6Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
7Old Englishþūsendthousand
8Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
9Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
10Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

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 tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →