Where does “veljentappaja” come from?

veljentappaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Veli, from Proto-Finnic velji, from Proto-Germanic swelijō, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

veljentappaja (Finnish): fratricide person who commits fratricide

Definitions

  1. fratricide person who commits fratricide

Ancestry of “veljentappaja”, step by step

veljentappaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Veli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVelibrother
2Proto-Finnicveljibrother
3Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Finnish tappaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappajakiller, slayer
2Ingriantappaakill
3Proto-Finnictappadakto kill, to slay
4Proto-Uralictappa-trample
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Germanic swelijō →Every word from Proto-Finnic velji →