Where does “hiilenpolttaja” come from?

hiilenpolttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaja, 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.

hiilenpolttaja (Finnish): charcoal burner

Definitions

  1. charcoal burner

Ancestry of “hiilenpolttaja”, step by step

hiilenpolttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttajaburner; smoker; shortstop
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 hiili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
2Proto-Finnichiilicharcoal; ember
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →