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...
2Finnishice
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 -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw