Where does “vaeltajasimpukka” come from?

vaeltajasimpukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaeltaja, 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.

vaeltajasimpukka (Finnish): zebra mussel, "Dreissena polymorpha"

Definitions

  1. zebra mussel, "Dreissena polymorpha"

Ancestry of “vaeltajasimpukka”, step by step

vaeltajasimpukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaeltajawanderer
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 simpukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsimpukkabivalve any species of mollusks belonging to the class; the class Bivalvia
2Russianже́мчугpearl
3Old East Slavicжьмьчюгъ—
4Khazar*ǯinǯü—
5Common Turkic*yinǯü—
6Middle Chinese珍珠—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →