Where does “muodonmuuttaja” come from?

muodonmuuttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuttaja, 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.

muodonmuuttaja (Finnish): shape-shifter, shapeshifter

Definitions

  1. shape-shifter, shapeshifter

Ancestry of “muodonmuuttaja”, step by step

muodonmuuttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttajamover; transformer
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 muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →