Where does “talutööline” come from?

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

talutööline (Estonian): farm worker

Definitions

  1. farm worker

Ancestry of “talutööline”, step by step

talutööline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian tööline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantöölinelabourer, worker (a worker who does mostly physical work)
2Estoniantööwork
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Estonian talu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantalufarm, farmstead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →