Where does “kahlaajalintu” come from?

kahlaajalintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahlaaja, 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.

kahlaajalintu (Finnish): wader, wading bird

Definitions

  1. wader, wading bird

Ancestry of “kahlaajalintu”, step by step

kahlaajalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahlaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahlaajawader; wader, wading bird
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 lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →