Where does “moukarinheittäjä” come from?

moukarinheittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish heittäjä, 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.

moukarinheittäjä (Finnish): hammer thrower

Definitions

  1. hammer thrower

Ancestry of “moukarinheittäjä”, step by step

moukarinheittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheittäjäthrower
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 moukari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoukarimaul; A hammer
2Swedishmåkarehammer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →