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Where does “jousiampuja” come from?

jousiampuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampuja, 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.

jousiampuja (Finnish): archer, bowman

Definitions

  1. archer, bowman

Ancestry of “jousiampuja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishampujashooter; Partitive plural form of ampu
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

Words derived from “jousiampuja”

  • jousiampujatar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →