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Where does “hanurinsoittaja” come from?

hanurinsoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish soittaja, 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.

hanurinsoittaja (Finnish): accordionist

Definitions

  1. accordionist

Ancestry of “hanurinsoittaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittajaplayer; caller; agent noun of soittaa
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
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