Where does “tuhlaajapoika” come from?

tuhlaajapoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuhlaaja, 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.

tuhlaajapoika (Finnish): A prodigal son

Definitions

  1. A prodigal son

Ancestry of “tuhlaajapoika”, step by step

tuhlaajapoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuhlaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhlaajawaster
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 poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →