Where does “selkänukkuja” come from?

selkänukkuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukkuja, 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.

selkänukkuja (Finnish): back sleeper person who sleeps on their back

Definitions

  1. back sleeper person who sleeps on their back

Ancestry of “selkänukkuja”, step by step

selkänukkuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nukkuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkujasleeper
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 →