Where does “loistokiipijäkala” come from?

loistokiipijäkala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiipijäkala, from Finnish kiipijä, 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.

loistokiipijäkala (Finnish): ornate ctenopoma, ornate climbing perch, pretty ctenopoma, rainbow ctenopoma, Microctenopoma ansorgii

Definitions

  1. ornate ctenopoma, ornate climbing perch, pretty ctenopoma, rainbow ctenopoma, Microctenopoma ansorgii

Ancestry of “loistokiipijäkala”, step by step

loistokiipijäkala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiipijäkala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiipijäkalaclimbing gourami, climbing perch fish of the family
2Finnishkiipijäclimber; a bird of the genus "Climacteris"; the...
3Finnishjäice
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish loisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloistoglitter, gleam, shine; A beacon equipped with...
2FinnishloistaaTo shine, glow, glare, sparkle; To excel, shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →