Where does “tööline” come from?

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

tööline (Estonian): labourer, worker (a worker who does mostly physical work)

Definitions

  1. labourer, worker (a worker who does mostly physical work)

Ancestry of “tööline”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tööline”

Every word from Proto-Uralic te →