Where does “kuiskaaja” come from?

kuiskaaja (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.

kuiskaaja (Finnish): whisperer

Definitions

  1. whisperer

Ancestry of “kuiskaaja”, step by step

kuiskaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
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 kuiskata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuiskataTo whisper
2Swedishviskato whisper
3Old Norsehvínato whiz, whistle
4Proto-Germanichwīnanąto rush, make a rushing sound, whizz, hiss,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwey-to hiss, to whistle, to whisper; to shine, white,...

Words derived from “kuiskaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →