Where does “voittajakandidaatti” come from?
voittajakandidaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish voittaja, 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.
Ancestry of “voittajakandidaatti”, step by step
voittajakandidaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voittaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voittaja | winner, victor |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish kandidaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kandidaatti | candidate; bachelor |
| 2 | Latin | candidātus | dressed in white |
| 3 | Latin | candidus | shining white; clear, bright; fair, beautiful |
| 4 | Latin | candeō | to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kandēō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kand- | to shine, glow |