Where does “ohjelmatulkki” come from?

ohjelmatulkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

ohjelmatulkki (Finnish): interpreter program that interprets and executes code

Definitions

  1. interpreter program that interprets and executes code

Ancestry of “ohjelmatulkki”, step by step

ohjelmatulkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohjelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjelmaprogram, programme; software, program; show
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish tulkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulkkiinterpreter
2Old Swedishtolker—
3Proto-Slavictъlkъinterpretation; interpreter
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish ohjelma →