Where does “salametsästäjä” come from?

salametsästäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsästäjä, 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.

salametsästäjä (Finnish): A poacher

Definitions

  1. A poacher

Ancestry of “salametsästäjä”, step by step

salametsästäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmetsästäjäA hunter
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 sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →