Where does “osittaismuuttaja” come from?
osittaismuuttaja (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.
osittaismuuttaja (Finnish): partially migratory bird species
Definitions
- partially migratory bird species
Ancestry of “osittaismuuttaja”, step by step
osittaismuuttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muuttaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muuttaja | mover; transformer |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish osittainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osittainen | partial |
| 2 | Finnish | osittain | partly |
| 3 | Finnish | osa | part; piece; proportion, section |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | osa | part |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | onća | part, share (of meat?) |