Where does “freelancenäyttelijä” come from?

freelancenäyttelijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish freelance, from English freelance, from English Free, from English faller, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

freelancenäyttelijä (Finnish): freelance actor

Definitions

  1. freelance actor

Ancestry of “freelancenäyttelijä”, step by step

freelancenäyttelijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish freelance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishfreelanceSynonym of freelancer; freelance
2EnglishfreelanceSomeone who sells their services to clients...
3EnglishFreeUnconstrained
4EnglishfallerOne who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,...
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish näyttelijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäyttelijäactor
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
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti