Where does “simultaanitulkki” come from?
simultaanitulkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulkki, from Old Swedish tolker, from Proto-Slavic tъlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.
simultaanitulkki (Finnish): simultaneous interpreter
Ancestry of “simultaanitulkki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulkki | interpreter |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tolker | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tъlkъ | interpretation; interpreter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |