Where does “pyhimyskalastaja” come from?

pyhimyskalastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalastaja, 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.

pyhimyskalastaja (Finnish): sacred kingfisher

Definitions

  1. sacred kingfisher

Ancestry of “pyhimyskalastaja”, step by step

pyhimyskalastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalastajafisher, fisherman
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 pyhimys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpyhimysA saint
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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