Where does “käämiä” come from?

käämiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

käämiä (Finnish): to coil; Partitive singular form of käämi

Definitions

  1. to coil; Partitive singular form of käämi

Ancestry of “käämiä”, step by step

käämiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish käämi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäämicoil; bobbin; Third-person singular indicative...
2Old Novgorodianкѣвьspool, bobbin, reel
3Proto-Slaviccěvьtube, spool
4Proto-Balto-Slavickoi-u-i-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankoy-w-—

Words derived from “käämiä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →