Where does “säilämiekkailija” come from?

säilämiekkailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish miekkailija, 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.

säilämiekkailija (Finnish): sabreur, sabre fencer

Definitions

  1. sabreur, sabre fencer

Ancestry of “säilämiekkailija”, step by step

säilämiekkailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miekkailija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkailijafencer; swordsman
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 Saila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSailasabre
2Sanskritशैलmade of stone; stony
3Sanskritशिलाstone, rock, crag; red arsenic; camphor
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćHláH—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →