Where does “miilunpolttaja” come from?

miilunpolttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaja, 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.

miilunpolttaja (Finnish): coalman, charcoal burner

Definitions

  1. coalman, charcoal burner

Ancestry of “miilunpolttaja”, step by step

miilunpolttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttajaburner; smoker; shortstop
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 Greenlandic Miilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicMiilu—
2DanishMøllermiller
3Danishmøllermiller; indefinite plural of mølle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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