Where does “velisurmaaja” come from?

velisurmaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish surmaaja, 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.

velisurmaaja (Finnish): one who commits fratricide

Definitions

  1. one who commits fratricide

Ancestry of “velisurmaaja”, step by step

velisurmaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish surmaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsurmaajakiller, slayer
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 Veli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVelibrother
2Proto-Finnicveljibrother
3Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →