Where does “puunkaivertaja” come from?

puunkaivertaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivertaja, 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.

puunkaivertaja (Finnish): woodcutter, xylographer

Definitions

  1. woodcutter, xylographer

Ancestry of “puunkaivertaja”, step by step

puunkaivertaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaivertaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivertajaengraver
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 puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →