Where does “veneilijä” come from?

veneilijä (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.

veneilijä (Finnish): boater

Definitions

  1. boater

Ancestry of “veneilijä”, step by step

veneilijä 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 veneillä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneilläto boat; adessive plural of vene
2Finnishveneboat
3Proto-Finnicvenehboat

Words derived from “veneilijä”

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