Where does “laihduttaja” come from?

laihduttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish laihduttaa, from Finnish laihtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.

laihduttaja (Finnish): dieter, slimmer one who's on diet in order to lose weight

Definitions

  1. dieter, slimmer one who's on diet in order to lose weight

Ancestry of “laihduttaja”, step by step

laihduttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laihduttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaihduttaato lose, lose weight, slim, slim down reduce; to...
2Finnishlaihtuato lose weight; to become thinner or less
3Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
4Idotuyou singular, thou
5Spanishtúyou; thou
6Latintuusyour
7Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
8Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
9Polishtuhere
10Polishbyćto be
11Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
12Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
13Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

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

Words derived from “laihduttaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →