Where does “päänäyttelijä” come from?

päänäyttelijä (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.

päänäyttelijä (Finnish): lead actor, lead actress

Definitions

  1. lead actor, lead actress

Ancestry of “päänäyttelijä”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →