Where does “alppihiihtäjä” come from?

alppihiihtäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiihtäjä, 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.

alppihiihtäjä (Finnish): alpine skier

Definitions

  1. alpine skier

Ancestry of “alppihiihtäjä”, step by step

alppihiihtäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihtäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtäjäskier
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 alppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalppialp
2GermanAlbwin—
3Old High Germanwinifriend
4Proto-West Germanicwinifriend
5Proto-Germanicwinizloved one, friend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →