Where does “jalankulkija” come from?

jalankulkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulkija, 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.

jalankulkija (Finnish): pedestrian somebody walking rather than using a vehicle

Definitions

  1. pedestrian somebody walking rather than using a vehicle

Ancestry of “jalankulkija”, step by step

jalankulkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kulkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulkijatraveler; rover
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 jalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalanon foot, by foot, afoot; Genitive singular form...
2Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →