Where does “jääpalloilija” come from?
jääpalloilija (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.
jääpalloilija (Finnish): bandy player
Definitions
- bandy player
Ancestry of “jääpalloilija”, step by step
jääpalloilija 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 jääpalloilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jääpalloilla | playing bandy; to play bandy |
| 2 | Finnish | jääpallo | bandy; The ball with which bandy is played |
| 3 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |