Where does “toimittelija” come from?

toimittelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish toimitella, from Finnish toimittaa, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

toimittelija (Finnish): journalist, reporter

Definitions

  1. journalist, reporter

Ancestry of “toimittelija”, step by step

toimittelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toimitella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimitella—
2Finnishtoimittaato send, deliver, take, get, fetch, ship
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Hungarian -ik →Every word from Proto-Uralic toxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak →