Where does “oikeustulkki” come from?
oikeustulkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish oikeus, from Finnish oikea, from Proto-Finnic oikeda, from Proto-Finno-Permic wojketa.
oikeustulkki (Finnish): legal interpreter
Ancestry of “oikeustulkki”, step by step
oikeustulkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish oikeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oikeus | right; law; justice, law |
| 2 | Finnish | oikea | right; right, correct; appropriate, proper,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oikeda | straight; right, correct |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wojketa | — |
via Finnish tulkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulkki | interpreter |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tolker | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tъlkъ | interpretation; interpreter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |