Where does “kuritöö” come from?

kuritöö (Estonian) comes from Estonian töö, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

kuritöö (Estonian): crime

Definitions

  1. crime

Ancestry of “kuritöö”, step by step

kuritöö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian töö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantööwork
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou

via Estonian kuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankurievil; sinister
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →