Where does “tallaaja” come from?

tallaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tallata, from Swedish ställa, from Old Swedish stælla, from Middle Low German stellen, from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

tallaaja (Finnish): stomper

Definitions

  1. stomper

Ancestry of “tallaaja”, step by step

tallaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tallata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtallatato stomp, pad
2Swedishställato set; to put something down in an upright...
3Old Swedishstællato place upright somewhere
4Middle Low Germanstellen—
5Old Saxonstellianto place
6Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Old Saxon stellian →