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Where does “valtakunnansyyttäjävirasto” come from?

valtakunnansyyttäjävirasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyttäjänvirasto, from Finnish syyttäjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

valtakunnansyyttäjävirasto (Finnish): national prosecutor's office

Definitions

  1. national prosecutor's office

Ancestry of “valtakunnansyyttäjävirasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyyttäjänvirasto—
2Finnishsyyttäjäprosecutor
3Finnishjäice
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →