Where does “taistelulentäjä” come from?

taistelulentäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentäjä, 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.

taistelulentäjä (Finnish): combat pilot, fighter pilot

Definitions

  1. combat pilot, fighter pilot

Ancestry of “taistelulentäjä”, step by step

taistelulentäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lentäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentäjäpilot, aviator, airman; flyer
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 taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →