Where does “pällistelijä” come from?

pällistelijä (Finnish) comes 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.

pällistelijä (Finnish): agent noun of pällistellä: one who stares in...

Definitions

  1. agent noun of pällistellä: one who stares in...

Ancestry of “pällistelijä”, step by step

pällistelijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish pällistellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpällistelläto stare in confusion
2Finnishpällistää
3Finnish-istaa-ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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