Where does “lihanleikkaaja” come from?

lihanleikkaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkaaja, 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.

lihanleikkaaja (Finnish): meat cutter

Definitions

  1. meat cutter

Ancestry of “lihanleikkaaja”, step by step

lihanleikkaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkaajacutter; film editor, editor; secant
2Finnishice
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 liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw