Where does “turkismetsästäjä” come from?

turkismetsästäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish metsästäjä, 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.

turkismetsästäjä (Finnish): trapper one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs

Definitions

  1. trapper one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs

Ancestry of “turkismetsästäjä”, step by step

turkismetsästäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish metsästäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmetsästäjäA hunter
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 turkis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturkisfur
2FinnishTurkkiTurkish
3Swedishdurkship's floor
4EnglishdorkA quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →