Where does “kuhnailija” come from?

kuhnailija (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.

kuhnailija (Finnish): laggard

Definitions

  1. laggard

Ancestry of “kuhnailija”, step by step

kuhnailija 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 kuhnailla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuhnaillato dawdle, to linger, to procrastinate
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 →