Where does “surmaaja” come from?

surmaaja (Finnish) comes 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.

surmaaja (Finnish): killer, slayer

Definitions

  1. killer, slayer

Ancestry of “surmaaja”, step by step

surmaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish surmata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsurmatato kill, slay
2Proto-Finnicsurmat'akto kill, to slay
3Proto-Finnic-t'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “surmaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →