Where does “haukkametsästäjä” come from?

haukkametsästäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsästäjä, 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.

haukkametsästäjä (Finnish): falconer person who breeds or trains hawks for hunting

Definitions

  1. falconer person who breeds or trains hawks for hunting

Ancestry of “haukkametsästäjä”, step by step

haukkametsästäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmetsästäjäA hunter
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 haukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaukkahawk; bite
2Proto-Finnichabukkahawk, falcon
3Proto-Germanichabukazhawk
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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