Where does “pilvenpiirtäjä” come from?

pilvenpiirtäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirtäjä, 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.

pilvenpiirtäjä (Finnish): skyscraper

Definitions

  1. skyscraper

Ancestry of “pilvenpiirtäjä”, step by step

pilvenpiirtäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirtäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirtäjädrawer; draughtsman, draftsman
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 Pilvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPilvicloud visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air; mass of dust, steam or smoke
2Finnishpilvicloud; hashish, marijuana
3Proto-Finnicpilvicloud
4Proto-Uralicpilwecloud
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →