Where does “tuhopolttaja” come from?

tuhopolttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaja, 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.

tuhopolttaja (Finnish): arsonist

Definitions

  1. arsonist

Ancestry of “tuhopolttaja”, step by step

tuhopolttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttajaburner; smoker; shortstop
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 tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →