Where does “totuudenpuhuja” come from?

totuudenpuhuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhuja, 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.

totuudenpuhuja (Finnish): one who tells or speaks the truth; soothsayer

Definitions

  1. one who tells or speaks the truth; soothsayer

Ancestry of “totuudenpuhuja”, step by step

totuudenpuhuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhujaorator, speaker
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 totuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotuustruth
2Finnishtositruth, reality, real thing; real-life; true
3Proto-Finnictocitruth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →