Where does “taistelusukeltaja” come from?

taistelusukeltaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish taistelu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

taistelusukeltaja (Finnish): combat diver, frogman

Definitions

  1. combat diver, frogman

Ancestry of “taistelusukeltaja”, step by step

taistelusukeltaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish sukeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukeltajadiver
2Finnishsukeltaato dive
3Proto-Finniccuk'eldakto dive
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish taistelu →
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