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
Ancestry of “freelancenäyttelijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | freelance | Synonym of freelancer; freelance |
| 2 | English | freelance | Someone who sells their services to clients... |
| 3 | English | Free | — |
| 4 | English | faller | One who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |