Where does “miehennielijä” come from?

miehennielijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nielijä, 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.

miehennielijä (Finnish): man-eater seductive, dangerous woman

Definitions

  1. man-eater seductive, dangerous woman

Ancestry of “miehennielijä”, step by step

miehennielijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nielijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnielijäswallower
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 mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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