Where does “perässähiihtäjä” come from?

perässähiihtäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiihtäjä, 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.

perässähiihtäjä (Finnish): someone who is skiing behind

Definitions

  1. someone who is skiing behind

Ancestry of “perässähiihtäjä”, step by step

perässähiihtäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihtäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtäjäskier
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 perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →