Where does “ahmija” come from?

ahmija (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.

ahmija (Finnish): gobbler

Definitions

  1. gobbler

Ancestry of “ahmija”, step by step

ahmija 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 ahmia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahmiato wolf down, eat quickly, gulp, gobble, hog,...
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →