Where does “kolmiloikkaaja” come from?

kolmiloikkaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish loikkaaja, from Finnish loikata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

kolmiloikkaaja (Finnish): triple-jumper, triple jumper

Definitions

  1. triple-jumper, triple jumper

Ancestry of “kolmiloikkaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloikkaajaleaper one who leaps
2FinnishloikataTo leap; To defect
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish loikata →