Where does “huulenheittäjä” come from?

huulenheittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish heittäjä, 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.

huulenheittäjä (Finnish): One who tells jokes

Definitions

  1. One who tells jokes

Ancestry of “huulenheittäjä”, step by step

huulenheittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheittäjäthrower
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 huuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuulilip, labium either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth
2Proto-Finnichuulilip
3Proto-Uralicšulebosom, lap, open arms
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →