Where does “kalastajakissa” come from?

kalastajakissa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalastaja, 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.

kalastajakissa (Finnish): fishing cat

Definitions

  1. fishing cat

Ancestry of “kalastajakissa”, step by step

kalastajakissa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalastajafisher, fisherman
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 kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →