Where does “kyniä” come from?

kyniä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kyniä (Finnish): to pluck; to fleece; Partitive plural form of...

Definitions

  1. to pluck; to fleece; Partitive plural form of...

Ancestry of “kyniä”, step by step

kyniä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynäpencil; pen; quill, hollow shaft
2Proto-Finnickünätrough
3Proto-Finno-Permicküńä—

Words derived from “kyniä”

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