Where does “veljensurmaaja” come from?

veljensurmaaja (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.

veljensurmaaja (Finnish): fratricide, brother-slayer person

Definitions

  1. fratricide, brother-slayer person

Ancestry of “veljensurmaaja”, step by step

veljensurmaaja 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 →