Where does “raamatunkääntäjä” come from?

raamatunkääntäjä (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.

raamatunkääntäjä (Finnish): Bible translator

Definitions

  1. Bible translator

Ancestry of “raamatunkääntäjä”, step by step

raamatunkääntäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääntäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääntäjätranslator; compiler
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

via Finnish raamattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishraamattuA bible
2Old East Slavicграмотаalphabet, writing; ability to read and write;...
3Ancient Greekγράμματαnominative/accusative/vocative plural of γράμμα
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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