Where does “lajivalmentaja” come from?

lajivalmentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

lajivalmentaja (Finnish): a coach for a particular sport

Definitions

  1. a coach for a particular sport

Ancestry of “lajivalmentaja”, step by step

lajivalmentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
2Old Swedishslagh—
3Middle Low Germanslach—
4Old Saxonslag—
5Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
6Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
7Low Germanslagge—
8Middle Low Germanslagge—
9Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
10Old Saxonslāhanto hit
11Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish valmentaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmentajacoach
2Finnishjäice
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →