Where does “voittaja” come from?

voittaja (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.

voittaja (Finnish): winner, victor

Definitions

  1. winner, victor

Ancestry of “voittaja”, step by step

voittaja 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 voittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittaato win
2Proto-Finnicvoittadakto win
3Proto-Finnicvoidakcan, to be able
4Proto-Uralicwoje-can, to be able

Words derived from “voittaja”

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