Where does “ratsastaja” come from?

ratsastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ratsastaa, from Finnish ratsailla, from Finnish ratsata, from Finnish ratsia, from Swedish razzia, from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة.

ratsastaja (Finnish): rider; slider, sail slide

Definitions

  1. rider; slider, sail slide

Ancestry of “ratsastaja”, step by step

ratsastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ratsastaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishratsastaaTo ride
2Finnishratsaillamounted on a horse, etc
3Finnishratsatato raid
4Finnishratsiaraid (by police), roundup
5Swedishrazziaraid
6Frenchrazziaraid
7Algerian Arabicغَزِيَّة—

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

Words derived from “ratsastaja”

Every word from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة →Every word from French razzia →Every word from Swedish razzia →