Where does “karhunkaataja” come from?

karhunkaataja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaataja, 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.

karhunkaataja (Finnish): bear hunter, bear killer

Definitions

  1. bear hunter, bear killer

Ancestry of “karhunkaataja”, step by step

karhunkaataja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaataja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaatajaagent noun of kaataa: pourer, one who pours
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 Karhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKarhuA major brand of beer in Finland
2Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
3Proto-Finnickarhubear
4Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →