Where does “kääntäjä” come from?

kääntäjä (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.

kääntäjä (Finnish): translator; compiler

Definitions

  1. translator; compiler

Ancestry of “kääntäjä”, step by step

kääntäjä 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 kääntää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääntääto turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to...
2Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
3Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “kääntäjä”

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