Where does “ihmisryöstäjä” come from?

ihmisryöstäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ryöstäjä, 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.

ihmisryöstäjä (Finnish): abductor

Definitions

  1. abductor

Ancestry of “ihmisryöstäjä”, step by step

ihmisryöstäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ryöstäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryöstäjärobber
2Finnishice
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 ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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