Where does “pyhiinvaeltaja” come from?

pyhiinvaeltaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaeltaja, 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.

pyhiinvaeltaja (Finnish): A pilgrim

Definitions

  1. A pilgrim

Ancestry of “pyhiinvaeltaja”, step by step

pyhiinvaeltaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaeltajawanderer
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 pyhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyhäholy, sacred; Sunday, dominical,...
2Proto-Finnicpühäholiday, fast; holy, sacred
3Proto-Finno-Permicpišä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →