Where does “piileksijä” come from?

piileksijä (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.

piileksijä (Finnish): hider; agent noun of piileksiä

Definitions

  1. hider; agent noun of piileksiä

Ancestry of “piileksijä”, step by step

piileksijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
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 piileksiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiileksiäto hide
2Finnishpiilläto be hidden in, lie in; Adessive singular form...
3Proto-Finnicpiildäkto hide, to keep hidden
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →