Where does “leikinohjaaja” come from?

leikinohjaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjaaja, 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.

leikinohjaaja (Finnish): play instructor, play coordinator

Definitions

  1. play instructor, play coordinator

Ancestry of “leikinohjaaja”, step by step

leikinohjaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohjaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjaajadirector; driver, pilot; tutor, mentor,...
2Finnishice
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

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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