Where does “salakatsoja” come from?

salakatsoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish katsoja, 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.

salakatsoja (Finnish): a person spectating or trying to spectate an event (on site) without buying a ticket to that event

Definitions

  1. a person spectating or trying to spectate an event (on site) without buying a ticket to that event

Ancestry of “salakatsoja”, step by step

salakatsoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katsoja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatsojaviewer, spectator; viewer; spectator
2Finnishice
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 sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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