Where does “apuvalmentaja” come from?

apuvalmentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish valmentaja, 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.

apuvalmentaja (Finnish): assistant coach

Definitions

  1. assistant coach

Ancestry of “apuvalmentaja”, step by step

apuvalmentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valmentaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmentajacoach
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 apu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapuhelp; assistance; helping hand
2Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →
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