Where does “kirjoitustulkki” come from?
kirjoitustulkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulkki, from Old Swedish tolker, from Proto-Slavic tъlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.
kirjoitustulkki (Finnish): speech-to-text interpreter
Definitions
- speech-to-text interpreter
Ancestry of “kirjoitustulkki”, step by step
kirjoitustulkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tulkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulkki | interpreter |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tolker | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tъlkъ | interpretation; interpreter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |
via Finnish kirjoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjoitus | The act of writing; A scripture, writing; An... |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjoittaa | to write; to spell; to take an examination in |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirjoittadak | to embroider, to decorate with embroidery |