Where does “ongelmapelaaja” come from?

ongelmapelaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelaaja, 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.

ongelmapelaaja (Finnish): gambler person with a gambling problem

Definitions

  1. gambler person with a gambling problem

Ancestry of “ongelmapelaaja”, step by step

ongelmapelaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelaajaplayer
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

via Finnish ongelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishongelmaproblem, trouble; puzzle
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →