Where does “tukiampuja” come from?

tukiampuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampuja, 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.

tukiampuja (Finnish): designated marksman

Definitions

  1. designated marksman

Ancestry of “tukiampuja”, step by step

tukiampuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishampujashooter; Partitive plural form of ampu
2Finnishice
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 tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw