Where does “pilapiirtäjä” come from?

pilapiirtäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirtäjä, 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.

pilapiirtäjä (Finnish): editorial cartoonist

Definitions

  1. editorial cartoonist

Ancestry of “pilapiirtäjä”, step by step

pilapiirtäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirtäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirtäjädrawer; draughtsman, draftsman
2Finnishice
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 pila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilajoke, jest; practical joke, jest
2Old Swedishspil
3Middle Low Germanspilnoun
4Old Saxonspil
5Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw