Where does “leikkiä” come from?

leikkiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

leikkiä (Finnish): to play; to pretend; Partitive singular form of...

Definitions

to play; to pretend; Partitive singular form of...

Ancestry of “leikkiä”, step by step

leikkiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	ia	Obsolete spelling of ja
2	Finnish	ja	and; AND
3	Proto-Finnic	ja	and
4	Proto-Germanic	jahw	and, also
5	Proto-Germanic	-hw	and; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6	Proto-Germanic	-hwe	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-kʷe	and; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish leikki

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	leikki	play; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2	Old Swedish	leker	—

Words derived from “leikkiä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →