Where does “selittäjä” come from?

selittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selittää, from Finnish selitä, from Finnish selkeä, from Proto-Finnic selkedä — clear.

selittäjä (Finnish): explainer

Definitions

  1. explainer

Ancestry of “selittäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselittääto explain; to explicate
2Finnishselitäto clear; Indicative present connegative form of...
3Finnishselkeäclear, sunny; Up to 1/8 covered by clouds; clear
4Proto-Finnicselkedäclear

Words derived from “selittäjä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic selkedä →Every word from Finnish selkeä →Every word from Finnish selitä →