Where does “lyöjäkuningas” come from?

lyöjäkuningas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyöjä, 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.

lyöjäkuningas (Finnish): top batsman or (male) batter in pesäpallo

Definitions

  1. top batsman or (male) batter in pesäpallo

Ancestry of “lyöjäkuningas”, step by step

lyöjäkuningas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyöjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyöjähitter, striker, knocker, beater; one who hits;...
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 kuningas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuningasking
2Proto-Finnickuningasking
3Proto-Germanickuningazking
4Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw