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Where does “pelinrakentaja” come from?

pelinrakentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakentaja, 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.

pelinrakentaja (Finnish): quarterback

Definitions

  1. quarterback

Ancestry of “pelinrakentaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakentajabuilder; constructor
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 →