Where does “ryöstäjä” come from?

ryöstäjä (Finnish) comes 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.

ryöstäjä (Finnish): robber

Definitions

  1. robber

Ancestry of “ryöstäjä”, step by step

ryöstäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish ryöstää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryöstääto rob, plunder; to loot, sack
2Proto-Finnicrööstädäkto tear, pluck, pull

Words derived from “ryöstäjä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →