Where does “jokerilyöjä” come from?
jokerilyöjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jokeri, from Swedish joker, from English joker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
jokerilyöjä (Finnish): a batter that can be brought in once at any time during an inning, similar to designated hitters in baseball
Definitions
- a batter that can be brought in once at any time during an inning, similar to designated hitters in baseball
Ancestry of “jokerilyöjä”, step by step
jokerilyöjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jokeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jokeri | joker |
| 2 | Swedish | joker | joker |
| 3 | English | joker | A person who makes jokes; A funny person; A... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish lyöjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyöjä | hitter, striker, knocker, beater; one who hits;... |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |