Where does “savukkeenpolttaja” come from?

savukkeenpolttaja (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.

savukkeenpolttaja (Finnish): cigarette smoker

Definitions

  1. cigarette smoker

Ancestry of “savukkeenpolttaja”, step by step

savukkeenpolttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttajaburner; smoker; shortstop
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 savuke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsavukeA cigarette
2Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
3Proto-Finnicsavu
4Proto-Finno-Permicsawe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw