Where does “kehrääjä” come from?

kehrääjä (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.

kehrääjä (Finnish): nightjar; European nightjar, Caprimulgus...

Definitions

  1. nightjar; European nightjar, Caprimulgus...

Ancestry of “kehrääjä”, step by step

kehrääjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
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 kehrätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehrätäto spin; to purr
2Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
4Proto-Uralic-täfrom

Words derived from “kehrääjä

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw