Where does “puuhailija” come from?

puuhailija (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.

puuhailija (Finnish): agent noun of puuhailla: putterer, potterer

Definitions

  1. agent noun of puuhailla: putterer, potterer

Ancestry of “puuhailija”, step by step

puuhailija 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 puuhailla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuhaillato keep busy with, to potter around with
2FinnishpuuhataTo keep busy with
3Finnishtäwhat
4FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →