Where does “valkonaamaliitäjä” come from?

valkonaamaliitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitäjä, 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.

valkonaamaliitäjä (Finnish): streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas

Definitions

  1. streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas

Ancestry of “valkonaamaliitäjä”, step by step

valkonaamaliitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliitäjäglider; soarer; shearwater
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 naama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
2Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →