Where does “puukottaja” come from?

puukottaja (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.

puukottaja (Finnish): stabber

Definitions

  1. stabber

Ancestry of “puukottaja”, step by step

puukottaja 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 puukottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukottaato stab; to knife; to stab or knife; to operate
2Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
3Finnishpuutree; wood
4Proto-Finnicpuutree
5Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “puukottaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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