Where does “jääkiekkoilija” come from?
jääkiekkoilija (Finnish) comes 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.
jääkiekkoilija (Finnish): ice hockey player
Definitions
- ice hockey player
Ancestry of “jääkiekkoilija”, step by step
jääkiekkoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish jääkiekkoilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jääkiekkoilla | to play ice hockey |
| 2 | Finnish | jääkiekko | Ice hockey; The puck with which ice hockey is... |
| 3 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |