Where does “hirvenmetsästäjä” come from?

hirvenmetsästäjä (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.

hirvenmetsästäjä (Finnish): elk hunter

Definitions

  1. elk hunter

Ancestry of “hirvenmetsästäjä”, step by step

hirvenmetsästäjä 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 hirvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhirvielk, moose; any large deer, such as an elk, moose...
2Proto-Finnichirvielk, moose
3Proto-Finnicširwe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →