Where does “lorvailija” come from?
lorvailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish lorvailla, from Finnish lorvia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
lorvailija (Finnish): slacker, loafer
Definitions
- slacker, loafer
Ancestry of “lorvailija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lorvailla | To slack off |
| 2 | Finnish | lorvia | Alternative form of lorvailla; to idle, loiter |
| 3 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 4 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |