Where does “kalastajasiippa” come from?

kalastajasiippa (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.

kalastajasiippa (Finnish): fish-eating bat, fish-eating myotis, Myotis vivesi

Definitions

  1. fish-eating bat, fish-eating myotis, Myotis vivesi

Ancestry of “kalastajasiippa”, step by step

kalastajasiippa 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 siippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiippaspouse; Any bat of the subfamily Vespertilioninae...
2Finnishsiipiwing; sail; blade or a paddle of a water wheel or...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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