Where does “lumikiitäjä” come from?

lumikiitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiitäjä, 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.

lumikiitäjä (Finnish): snowcat truck-like enclosed vehicle on tracks

Definitions

  1. snowcat truck-like enclosed vehicle on tracks

Ancestry of “lumikiitäjä”, step by step

lumikiitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiitäjähawk moth, sphinx moth, sphingid; hornworm; swift
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 Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →