Where does “lapsinäyttelijä” come from?

lapsinäyttelijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyttelijä, 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.

lapsinäyttelijä (Finnish): child actor or actress

Definitions

  1. child actor or actress

Ancestry of “lapsinäyttelijä”, step by step

lapsinäyttelijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näyttelijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäyttelijäactor
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 lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →