Where does “selkäänpuukottaja” come from?

selkäänpuukottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish puukottaja, 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.

selkäänpuukottaja (Finnish): backstabber

Definitions

  1. backstabber

Ancestry of “selkäänpuukottaja”, step by step

selkäänpuukottaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puukottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukottajastabber
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 selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →