Where does “pyyhkijänsulka” come from?

pyyhkijänsulka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyyhkijä, 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.

pyyhkijänsulka (Finnish): wiper blade

Definitions

  1. wiper blade

Ancestry of “pyyhkijänsulka”, step by step

pyyhkijänsulka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyyhkijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyyhkijäwiper
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 sulka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkafeather; windscreen wiper rubber blade
2Proto-Finnicsulkafeather
3Proto-Uralictulkafeather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →