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Where does “aasiantöpökiitäjä” come from?

aasiantöpökiitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish töpökiitäjä, from Finnish kiitäjä, 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.

aasiantöpökiitäjä (Finnish): silver-rumped spinetail, silver-rumped...

Definitions

  1. silver-rumped spinetail, silver-rumped...

Ancestry of “aasiantöpökiitäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöpökiitäjäspinetailed swift
2Finnishkiitäjähawk moth, sphinx moth, sphingid; hornworm; swift
3Finnishjäice
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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