Where does “ruumiinpesijä” come from?
ruumiinpesijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesijä, from Finnish pesiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
ruumiinpesijä (Finnish): washer of the dead
Ancestry of “ruumiinpesijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pesijä | nester; washer |
| 2 | Finnish | pesiä | To nest |
| 3 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 4 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ja | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |