Where does “villitsijä” come from?

villitsijä (Finnish) comes 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.

villitsijä (Finnish): agent noun of villitä: one who drives wild,...

Definitions

  1. agent noun of villitä: one who drives wild,...

Ancestry of “villitsijä”, step by step

villitsijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish villitä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvillitäTo drive wild; to agitate, incite, stir up,...
2Finnishvilliwild; savage; feral
3Old Swedishviller—

Words derived from “villitsijä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →