Where does “laulurunoilija” come from?

laulurunoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish runoilija, 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.

laulurunoilija (Finnish): lyric poet

Definitions

  1. lyric poet

Ancestry of “laulurunoilija”, step by step

laulurunoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish runoilija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunoilijapoet
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 laulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulusong; singing
2Proto-Finniclaulusong
3Proto-Finniclauladakto sing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →