Where does “aasianmedestäjä” come from?

aasianmedestäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish medestäjä, 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.

aasianmedestäjä (Finnish): sunbird

Definitions

  1. sunbird

Ancestry of “aasianmedestäjä”, step by step

aasianmedestäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish medestäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmedestäjäsunbird
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 Aasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAasiaof Asia; Asia; Asian
2LatinĀsiaA kind of rye
3Ancient GreekἈσίαAsia Minor; Asia; Asia
4Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →