Where does “hirttäjä” come from?

hirttäjä (Finnish) comes 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.

hirttäjä (Finnish): hangman

Definitions

  1. hangman

Ancestry of “hirttäjä”, step by step

hirttäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish hirttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhirttääto hang
2Finnishhirsilog, timber; fess
3Proto-Finnichircibeam, log
4Proto-Slavicžьrdьperch, pole, ricker
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →