Where does “salapolttaja” come from?

salapolttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaja, 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.

salapolttaja (Finnish): bootlegger, moonshiner

Definitions

  1. bootlegger, moonshiner

Ancestry of “salapolttaja”, step by step

salapolttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttajaburner; smoker; shortstop
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 →