Where does “Viiltäjä-Jack” come from?
Viiltäjä-Jack (Finnish) comes from Finnish viiltäjä, 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.
Viiltäjä-Jack (Finnish): Jack the Ripper
Definitions
- Jack the Ripper
Ancestry of “Viiltäjä-Jack”, step by step
Viiltäjä-Jack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viiltäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viiltäjä | ripper, slasher |
| 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 Jack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Jack | — |