Where does “kahlaaja” come from?

kahlaaja (Finnish) comes 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.

kahlaaja (Finnish): wader; wader, wading bird

Definitions

  1. wader; wader, wading bird

Ancestry of “kahlaaja”, step by step

kahlaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kahlata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkahlataTo wade; To progress with difficulty
2Proto-Uralickäläfish

Words derived from “kahlaaja”

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