Where does “sala-ampuja” come from?

sala-ampuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampuja, 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.

sala-ampuja (Finnish): sniper

Definitions

  1. sniper

Ancestry of “sala-ampuja”, step by step

sala-ampuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishampujashooter; Partitive plural form of ampu
2Finnishice
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 sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw