Where does “piilomuuttuja” come from?

piilomuuttuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuttuja, 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.

piilomuuttuja (Finnish): hidden variable

Definitions

  1. hidden variable

Ancestry of “piilomuuttuja”, step by step

piilomuuttuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuttuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttujavariable; variable star
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 piilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiilohideout, lair, covert, hiding place; hidden
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 →