Where does “palopuhuja” come from?

palopuhuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhuja, 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.

palopuhuja (Finnish): firebrand

Definitions

  1. firebrand

Ancestry of “palopuhuja”, step by step

palopuhuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhujaorator, speaker
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 Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →