Where does “torjuntavoittaja” come from?

torjuntavoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish voittaja, 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.

torjuntavoittaja (Finnish): one who or that which has earned a defensive victory or tactical victory

Definitions

  1. one who or that which has earned a defensive victory or tactical victory

Ancestry of “torjuntavoittaja”, step by step

torjuntavoittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voittaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittajawinner, victor
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 torjunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorjuntaprevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,...
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →