Where does “mutapainija” come from?

mutapainija (Finnish) comes from Finnish painija, 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.

mutapainija (Finnish): mud wrestler

Definitions

  1. mud wrestler

Ancestry of “mutapainija”, step by step

mutapainija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainijawrestler
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 muta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutamire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom...
2Proto-Finnicmutamud
3Proto-Uralicmuďaearth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →