Where does “kelaaja” come from?

kelaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelata, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa — resin, gum; to say, speak.

kelaaja (Finnish): reeler one who reels

Definitions

  1. reeler one who reels

Ancestry of “kelaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelatato wind, reel
2FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
3FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
4Finnishkänsäcallus
5Finnishkanssawith; also, too
6Finnishkansassa—
7Finnishkansapeople; nation
8Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
9Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

Words derived from “kelaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu →