Where does “selvännäkijä” come from?

selvännäkijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näkijä, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

Ancestry of “selvännäkijä”, step by step

selvännäkijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näkijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäkijäseer
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish selvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselväclear; free; sober
2Proto-Finnicselvä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish näkijä →