Where does “hirmuhallitsija” come from?

hirmuhallitsija (Finnish) comes from Finnish hallitsija, 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.

hirmuhallitsija (Finnish): tyrant

Definitions

  1. tyrant

Ancestry of “hirmuhallitsija”, step by step

hirmuhallitsija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hallitsija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhallitsijaruler
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 hirmu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhirmumonster; fright; very, really, extremely; usually...
2Proto-Finnichirmufright, terror, fear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →