Where does “silminnäkijä” come from?

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

silminnäkijä (Finnish): eyewitness

Definitions

  1. eyewitness

Ancestry of “silminnäkijä”, step by step

silminnäkijä 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 silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish näkijä →