Where does “lentäjänlakki” come from?

lentäjänlakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentäjä, 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.

lentäjänlakki (Finnish): pilot hat, aviator hat

Definitions

  1. pilot hat, aviator hat

Ancestry of “lentäjänlakki”, step by step

lentäjänlakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lentäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentäjäpilot, aviator, airman; flyer
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 lakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakkiheadwear; cap; cap, pileus
2Swedishbläckink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →