Where does “liedlaulaja” come from?

liedlaulaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish lied, from German lied, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

liedlaulaja (Finnish): lied singer singer specialized in lieder

Definitions

  1. lied singer singer specialized in lieder

Ancestry of “liedlaulaja”, step by step

liedlaulaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lied

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliedlied type of German art song
2Germanliedsong musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

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-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er