Where does “ihmistuntija” come from?

ihmistuntija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntija, 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.

ihmistuntija (Finnish): (good) judge of character a person who is good at telling how someone is, at telling or recognizing someone's character

Definitions

  1. (good) judge of character a person who is good at telling how someone is, at telling or recognizing someone's character

Ancestry of “ihmistuntija”, step by step

ihmistuntija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtuntijaA connoisseur
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 ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →