Where does “golfaaja” come from?

golfaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish golfata, from Finnish golf, from English golf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

golfaaja (Finnish): golfer; agent noun of golfata

Definitions

  1. golfer; agent noun of golfata

Ancestry of “golfaaja”, step by step

golfaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish golfata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishgolfataTo play golf
2Finnishgolfgolf
3EnglishgolfA ball game played by individuals competing...
4Middle Dutchcolve—
5Proto-Germanic*kulbazround object, lump
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

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

Words derived from “golfaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz →Every word from Middle Dutch colve →