Where does “maakiitäjäinen” come from?

maakiitäjäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiitäjäinen, 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.

maakiitäjäinen (Finnish): ground beetle any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles

Definitions

  1. ground beetle any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles

Ancestry of “maakiitäjäinen”, step by step

maakiitäjäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiitäjäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiitäjäinenSynonym of maakiitäjäinen
2Finnishkiitäjähawk moth, sphinx moth, sphingid; hornworm; swift
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 mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →