Where does “väärintekijä” come from?

väärintekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish väärin, 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.

väärintekijä (Finnish): wrongdoer

Definitions

  1. wrongdoer

Ancestry of “väärintekijä”, step by step

väärintekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väärin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväärinwrongly; Only used in olla väärin; Instructive...
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 tekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
2Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
3Estoniantegemato do
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fērō →