Where does “drag-taiteilija” come from?

drag-taiteilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish taiteilija, from Finnish taiteilla, from Finnish taide, from Finnish taitaa, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.

drag-taiteilija (Finnish): drag artist entertainer who wears drag

Definitions

  1. drag artist entertainer who wears drag

Ancestry of “drag-taiteilija”, step by step

drag-taiteilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taiteilija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaiteilijaartist
2FinnishtaiteillaTo do something that demonstrates high skill,...
3Finnishtaideart
4Finnishtaitaato know, master, command, have a command of, have...
5Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
6Proto-Finnictaje-—

via Proto-Albanian drag-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniandrag-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrā́ksdregs, sediment
Every word from Proto-Finnic taje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic taitadak →Every word from Finnish taitaa →