Where does “ajanpeluu” come from?

ajanpeluu (Finnish) comes from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ajanpeluu (Finnish): waiting game

Definitions

  1. waiting game

Ancestry of “ajanpeluu”, step by step

ajanpeluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
2Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
3Hungarianisischool
4Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish peluu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeluuplaying
2FinnishpelätäTo fear, dread, be afraid of
3Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
4Middle Low Germanspel—
5Old Saxonspil—
6Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -i →Every word from Hungarian -é →