Where does “pussikiipijä” come from?

pussikiipijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiipijä, 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.

pussikiipijä (Finnish): marsupial of the genus Phalangeridae

Definitions

  1. marsupial of the genus Phalangeridae

Ancestry of “pussikiipijä”, step by step

pussikiipijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiipijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiipijäclimber; a bird of the genus "Climacteris"; the...
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 pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →