Where does “nuotinkääntäjä” come from?
nuotinkääntäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääntäjä, 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.
nuotinkääntäjä (Finnish): page-turner person who turns pages of sheet music, etc
Definitions
- page-turner person who turns pages of sheet music, etc
Ancestry of “nuotinkääntäjä”, step by step
nuotinkääntäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kääntäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääntäjä | translator; compiler |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish nuotti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nuotti | note; sheet music; pace notes |
| 2 | Swedish | nöt | nut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | nut | nut |
| 4 | Old Norse | hnot | nut |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |