Where does “palkkionmetsästäjä” come from?

palkkionmetsästäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsästäjä, 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.

palkkionmetsästäjä (Finnish): bounty hunter

Definitions

  1. bounty hunter

Ancestry of “palkkionmetsästäjä”, step by step

palkkionmetsästäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmetsästäjäA hunter
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 palkkio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkioreward, bounty; fee, honorarium
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →