Where does “vuokranvälittäjä” come from?
vuokranvälittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish välittäjä, 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.
vuokranvälittäjä (Finnish): letting agent UK; rental agent US person or company who acts in the lease of land, property, real estate etc. for another
Definitions
- letting agent UK; rental agent US person or company who acts in the lease of land, property, real estate etc. for another
Ancestry of “vuokranvälittäjä”, step by step
vuokranvälittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish välittäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välittäjä | middleman, dealer, broker; mediator, arbiter;... |
| 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 |