Where does “bodaaja” come from?

bodaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish bodata, from Finnish bodi, from English Body, from Middle English bode, from Old English boda, from Proto-Germanic budô, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

bodaaja (Finnish): bodybuilder; agent noun of bodata

Definitions

  1. bodybuilder; agent noun of bodata

Ancestry of “bodaaja”, step by step

bodaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bodata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishbodataTo build body
2Finnishbodibody; onesie
3EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
4Middle Englishbodemessenger
5Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
6Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
7Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →