Where does “keulasuuntima” come from?

keulasuuntima (Finnish) comes from Finnish suuntima, from Finnish suuntia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

keulasuuntima (Finnish): relative bearing angle to a target relative to the bow of the ship

Definitions

  1. relative bearing angle to a target relative to the bow of the ship

Ancestry of “keulasuuntima”, step by step

keulasuuntima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suuntima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntimabearing
2Finnishsuuntiato take the bearings; Partitive plural form of...
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish keula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeulabow, prow
2Proto-Germanickulącoal
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷol-
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵwelH-to burn; to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw