Where does “tukkumyyjä” come from?

tukkumyyjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myyjä, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

tukkumyyjä (Finnish): wholesaler

Definitions

  1. wholesaler

Ancestry of “tukkumyyjä”, step by step

tukkumyyjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myyjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyjäseller, vendor
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk—
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-—

via Finnish tukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkuwholesale; wad; tuft
2Finnishtukkotuft; clog, obstruction, block
3Finnishtukkiato block, to bar, to obstruct; to clog; "tukkia...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw- →Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk →