Where does “tahtopelaaja” come from?

tahtopelaaja (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.

tahtopelaaja (Finnish): tough player, gutsy player

Definitions

  1. tough player, gutsy player

Ancestry of “tahtopelaaja”, step by step

tahtopelaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelaaja

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

via Finnish tahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahtowill; way
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tahto—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →