Where does “alkutyöttömyys” come from?

alkutyöttömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish työttömyys, from Finnish työtön, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

alkutyöttömyys (Finnish): post-graduation unemployment

Definitions

  1. post-graduation unemployment

Ancestry of “alkutyöttömyys”, step by step

alkutyöttömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työttömyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöttömyysunemployment, joblessness
2Finnishtyötönunemployed, jobless; An unemployed person
3Finnishtyöwork; job; you
4Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
5Proto-Finnictekyou
6Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish alku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Uralic te