Where does “nukkenäyttelijä” come from?

nukkenäyttelijä (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.

nukkenäyttelijä (Finnish): puppeteer person who uses a puppet in plays, etc

Definitions

  1. puppeteer person who uses a puppet in plays, etc

Ancestry of “nukkenäyttelijä”, step by step

nukkenäyttelijä 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 nukke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkedoll; puppet
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →