Where does “ruumiinryöstäjä” come from?

ruumiinryöstäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ryöstäjä, 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.

ruumiinryöstäjä (Finnish): body snatcher, graverobber

Definitions

  1. body snatcher, graverobber

Ancestry of “ruumiinryöstäjä”, step by step

ruumiinryöstäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ryöstäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryöstäjärobber
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 ruumis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
2Proto-Finnicruumisbody
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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