Where does “viittomakielentulkki” come from?

viittomakielentulkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish viittomakieli, from Finnish viittoma, from Finnish viittoa, from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier.

viittomakielentulkki (Finnish): sign language interpreter

Definitions

  1. sign language interpreter

Ancestry of “viittomakielentulkki”, step by step

viittomakielentulkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viittomakieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviittomakieliA sign language
2FinnishviittomaA sign of a sign language; Agent participle of...
3Finnishviittoato wave, hail; to sign
4Finnishviittasign; cape, cloak
5Russianсвитаsuite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite
6GermanSuitesuite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms
7German-ierA noun-forming suffix, used especially to render...
8French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
9Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
10Latin-ārefirst conjugation
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-

via Finnish tulkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulkkiinterpreter
2Old Swedishtolker
3Proto-Slavictъlkъinterpretation; interpreter
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé-Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from French -ier