Where does “juoruilija” come from?

juoruilija (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.

juoruilija (Finnish): blabbermouth, blab, babbler, gossiper, gossip

Definitions

  1. blabbermouth, blab, babbler, gossiper, gossip

Ancestry of “juoruilija”, step by step

juoruilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish juoruilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuoruillato gossip
2Finnish-illäFront vowel variant of -illa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →