Where does “valkopääkalastaja” come from?

valkopääkalastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalastaja, 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.

valkopääkalastaja (Finnish): beach kingfisher, Todiramphus saurophagus

Definitions

  1. beach kingfisher, Todiramphus saurophagus

Ancestry of “valkopääkalastaja”, step by step

valkopääkalastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalastaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalastajafisher, fisherman
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 pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →