Where does “tyhjänpuhuja” come from?

tyhjänpuhuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhuja, 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.

tyhjänpuhuja (Finnish): empty talker, idle talker, someone who is all talk and no action, bag of wind

Definitions

  1. empty talker, idle talker, someone who is all talk and no action, bag of wind

Ancestry of “tyhjänpuhuja”, step by step

tyhjänpuhuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhujaorator, speaker
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 tyhjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhjäempty; blank; void
2Proto-Finnictühjäempty
3Proto-Balto-Slavictuskjasempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeantews-to be empty; to drain; to be happy
5Proto-Indo-Europeantu-to swell; bird-cry, shriek
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →