Where does “nokiliitäjä” come from?

nokiliitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitäjä, 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.

nokiliitäjä (Finnish): sooty shearwater

Definitions

  1. sooty shearwater

Ancestry of “nokiliitäjä”, step by step

nokiliitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliitäjäglider; soarer; shearwater
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 noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →