Where does “alfasalpaaja” come from?

alfasalpaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish salpaaja, 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.

alfasalpaaja (Finnish): alpha-blocker

Definitions

  1. alpha-blocker

Ancestry of “alfasalpaaja”, step by step

alfasalpaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish salpaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalpaajablocker
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 alfa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalfaalpha; the Greek letter Α, α; alpha
2Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
3Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
4Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →