Where does “pääpelaaja” come from?

pääpelaaja (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.

pääpelaaja (Finnish): head player player who uses the head to play the ball, especially one who is good at it

Definitions

  1. head player player who uses the head to play the ball, especially one who is good at it

Ancestry of “pääpelaaja”, step by step

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