Where does “vuorontaja” come from?

vuorontaja (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.

vuorontaja (Finnish): scheduler

Definitions

  1. scheduler

Ancestry of “vuorontaja”, step by step

vuorontaja 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 vuorontaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuorontaato schedule
2Finnishvuoroturn; shift; A means of transportation that runs...
3Proto-Finnicvooroturn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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