Where does “särkijä” come from?

särkijä (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.

särkijä (Finnish): breaker, cracker; Distortion effect pedal used...

Definitions

  1. breaker, cracker; Distortion effect pedal used...

Ancestry of “särkijä”, step by step

särkijä 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 särkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsärkeäto break, shatter, smash cause to break into two or more pieces
2Proto-Finnicsärkedäkto be sore, to ache; to break
3Proto-Finno-Ugricćärke-—

Words derived from “särkijä”

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