Where does “monitulkintainen” come from?

monitulkintainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulkinta, from Finnish tulkita, from Finnish tulkki, from Old Swedish tolker, from Proto-Slavic tъlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.

monitulkintainen (Finnish): equivocal, ambiguous, indeterminate, unclear having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation

Definitions

  1. equivocal, ambiguous, indeterminate, unclear having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation

Ancestry of “monitulkintainen”, step by step

monitulkintainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulkinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulkintainterpretation
2Finnishtulkitato interpret; to decode
3Finnishtulkkiinterpreter
4Old Swedishtolker—
5Proto-Slavictъlkъinterpretation; interpreter
6Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

Words derived from “monitulkintainen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic tъlkъ →Every word from Old Swedish tolker →