Where does “kuninkaansurmaaja” come from?

kuninkaansurmaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish surmaaja, 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.

kuninkaansurmaaja (Finnish): regicide

Definitions

  1. regicide

Ancestry of “kuninkaansurmaaja”, step by step

kuninkaansurmaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish surmaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsurmaajakiller, slayer
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 kuningas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuningasking
2Proto-Finnickuningasking
3Proto-Germanickuningazking
4Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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