Where does “valmentaja” come from?

valmentaja (Finnish) comes 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.

valmentaja (Finnish): coach

Definitions

  1. coach

Ancestry of “valmentaja”, step by step

valmentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish valmentaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmentaato coach; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishvalmiscompleted, finished; ready, poised, set up;...
3Proto-Finnicvalmisfinished, completed; ready

Words derived from “valmentaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →