Where does “jahkailla” come from?
jahkailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish jahkata, from Finnish jahka, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
jahkailla (Finnish): to linger / stall / procrastinate / hem and haw...
Definitions
- to linger / stall / procrastinate / hem and haw...
Ancestry of “jahkailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jahkata | to bemoan, complain, regret; to insist, argue... |
| 2 | Finnish | jahka | once, when, as soon as; used to refer to an... |
| 3 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |