Where does “jojolaihduttaja” come from?

jojolaihduttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish laihduttaja, from Finnish laihduttaa, from Finnish laihtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

jojolaihduttaja (Finnish): yoyo dieter

Definitions

  1. yoyo dieter

Ancestry of “jojolaihduttaja”, step by step

jojolaihduttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laihduttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaihduttajadieter, slimmer one who's on diet in order to lose weight
2Finnishlaihduttaato lose, lose weight, slim, slim down reduce; to...
3Finnishlaihtuato lose weight; to become thinner or less
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish jojo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjojoyo-yo
2Englishyo-yoA toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical...
3Ilocanoyóyoyo-yo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →