Where does “aurinkokerääjä” come from?

aurinkokerääjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerääjä, 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.

aurinkokerääjä (Finnish): solar collector

Definitions

  1. solar collector

Ancestry of “aurinkokerääjä”, step by step

aurinkokerääjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kerääjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkerääjäcollector thing that collects something
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 aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →