Where does “kakkosvalmentaja” come from?

kakkosvalmentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish valmentaja, 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.

kakkosvalmentaja (Finnish): assistant coach, supporting coach

Definitions

  1. assistant coach, supporting coach

Ancestry of “kakkosvalmentaja”, step by step

kakkosvalmentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valmentaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmentajacoach
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kakkonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkonentwo; deuce; Synonym of kakkospesä
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe
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