Where does “ristiinkääntäjä” come from?

ristiinkääntäjä (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.

ristiinkääntäjä (Finnish): cross compiler

Definitions

  1. cross compiler

Ancestry of “ristiinkääntäjä”, step by step

ristiinkääntäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääntäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääntäjätranslator; compiler
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 ristiin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishristiinacross; criss, in the expression ristiin rastiin;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw