Where does “palkkamurhaaja” come from?

palkkamurhaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish murhaaja, 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.

palkkamurhaaja (Finnish): contract killer, hitman, hatchet man

Definitions

  1. contract killer, hitman, hatchet man

Ancestry of “palkkamurhaaja”, step by step

palkkamurhaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murhaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurhaajamurderer
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 palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →