Where does “niskoittelija” come from?

niskoittelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish niskoitella, from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

niskoittelija (Finnish): rebel, recusant

Definitions

  1. rebel, recusant

Ancestry of “niskoittelija”, step by step

niskoittelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish niskoitella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniskoitellato be insubordinate, rebel
2Finnishniskanape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

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
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →