Where does “isohaukkakehrääjä” come from?
isohaukkakehrääjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish haukkakehrääjä, from Finnish kehrääjä, 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.
isohaukkakehrääjä (Finnish): common nighthawk, nighthawk, Chordeiles minor medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar family
Definitions
- common nighthawk, nighthawk, Chordeiles minor medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar family
Ancestry of “isohaukkakehrääjä”, step by step
isohaukkakehrääjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haukkakehrääjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haukkakehrääjä | nighthawk bird of the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | kehrääjä | nightjar; European nightjar, Caprimulgus... |
| 3 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |