Where does “suomentaja” come from?

suomentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomentaa, from Finnish suomi, from Proto-Finnic soomi — person from Southwest Finland.

suomentaja (Finnish): a translator into Finnish; a person that translates into Finnish

Definitions

  1. a translator into Finnish; a person that translates into Finnish

Ancestry of “suomentaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomentaaTo translate into Finnish; To make clear, to put...
2FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
3Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Proto-Finnic soomi →Every word from Finnish suomi →Every word from Finnish suomentaa →