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Where does “häivehävittäjä” come from?

häivehävittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hävittäjä, 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.

häivehävittäjä (Finnish): stealth fighter

Definitions

  1. stealth fighter

Ancestry of “häivehävittäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhävittäjädestroyer, someone/something that destroys...
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
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