Where does “miekannielijä” come from?

miekannielijä (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.

miekannielijä (Finnish): sword swallower

Definitions

  1. sword swallower

Ancestry of “miekannielijä”, step by step

miekannielijä 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 miekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkasword
2Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
3Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →