Where does “ongelmasyöjä” come from?

ongelmasyöjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöjä, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.

ongelmasyöjä (Finnish): problem eater

Definitions

  1. problem eater

Ancestry of “ongelmasyöjä”, step by step

ongelmasyöjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syöjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöjäeater
2Proto-Finnicsoojashelter; protection; warm
3Russianсо́яjay {{i|dialectal}}
4Dutchsojasoy
5Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
6Japanese醤油soy sauce
7Middle Chinese醬油
8Middle Chinesebean paste

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 Middle Chinese Every word from Middle Chinese 醬油Every word from Japanese 醤油
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