Where does “laulaja-lauluntekijä” come from?

laulaja-lauluntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauluntekijä, from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

laulaja-lauluntekijä (Finnish): singer-songwriter

Definitions

  1. singer-songwriter

Ancestry of “laulaja-lauluntekijä”, step by step

laulaja-lauluntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lauluntekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauluntekijäsongwriter one who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs
2Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
3Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
4Estoniantegemato do
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish laulaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulajasinger
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-