Where does “väärentäjä” come from?

väärentäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish väärentää, from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

väärentäjä (Finnish): falsifier, forger, counterfeiter

Definitions

  1. falsifier, forger, counterfeiter

Ancestry of “väärentäjä”, step by step

väärentäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väärentää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväärentääto falsify, counterfeit, forge, spoof
2Finnishvääräwrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,...
3Old Swedishfahra—
4Middle Low Germanvāredanger, persecution, fear
5Old Saxonfāra—
6Proto-Germanicfērōdanger
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

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

Words derived from “väärentäjä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fērō →