Where does “sanoittaja” come from?

sanoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sanoittaa, from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

sanoittaja (Finnish): lyricist, songwriter

Definitions

  1. lyricist, songwriter

Ancestry of “sanoittaja”, step by step

sanoittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sanoittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanoittaato write lyrics to a song; Third-person singular...
2Finnishsanaword; Word, Scripture; lesson
3Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
4Finnishluokkishaft bow
5Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankásEvery word from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ