Where does “silmänkääntäjä” come from?

silmänkääntäjä (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.

silmänkääntäjä (Finnish): conjurer; one who performs the sleight of hand

Definitions

  1. conjurer; one who performs the sleight of hand

Ancestry of “silmänkääntäjä”, step by step

silmänkääntäjä 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 silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →