Where does “ammattitappaja” come from?

ammattitappaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammatti, from Middle Low German ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

ammattitappaja (Finnish): contract killer, hitman, hatchet man

Definitions

  1. contract killer, hitman, hatchet man

Ancestry of “ammattitappaja”, step by step

ammattitappaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ammatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammattiprofession, vocation, occupation; professional,...
2Middle Low Germanambacht—
3Old Saxonambahtservice
4Proto-Germanicambahtazservant
5Gaulishambaxtosvassal, high-ranking servant
6Proto-Celticambaxtosservant
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish tappaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappajakiller, slayer
2Ingriantappaakill
3Proto-Finnictappadakto kill, to slay
4Proto-Uralictappa-trample
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos →Every word from Gaulish ambaxtos →