Where does “yrittäjähenki” come from?

yrittäjähenki (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrittäjä, 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.

yrittäjähenki (Finnish): entrepreneurial spirit

Definitions

  1. entrepreneurial spirit

Ancestry of “yrittäjähenki”, step by step

yrittäjähenki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrittäjäentrepreneur
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 henki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
2Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
3Proto-Uralicčeŋke—

Words derived from “yrittäjähenki”

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