Where does “vastaaja” come from?

vastaaja (Finnish) comes 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.

vastaaja (Finnish): answerer, person who answers or responds;...

Definitions

  1. answerer, person who answers or responds;...

Ancestry of “vastaaja”, step by step

vastaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish vastata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
2Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply

Words derived from “vastaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →