Where does “vaihtopelaaja” come from?

vaihtopelaaja (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.

vaihtopelaaja (Finnish): substitute player available to be or brought in to replace another during the match

Definitions

  1. substitute player available to be or brought in to replace another during the match

Ancestry of “vaihtopelaaja”, step by step

vaihtopelaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelaajaplayer
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 vaihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
2Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
3Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw