Where does “vuokranmaksaja” come from?

vuokranmaksaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksaja, 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.

vuokranmaksaja (Finnish): tenant, lessee, renter, rent payer

Definitions

  1. tenant, lessee, renter, rent payer

Ancestry of “vuokranmaksaja”, step by step

vuokranmaksaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksajapayer; drawee
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish vuokra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuokralease; rent
2Proto-Germanicwōkrazgain; increase; yield; offspring; interest; usury
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →