Where does “halpatyövoima” come from?
halpatyövoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish työvoima, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.
halpatyövoima (Finnish): cheap labor, cheap labor force
Definitions
- cheap labor, cheap labor force
Ancestry of “halpatyövoima”, step by step
halpatyövoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työvoima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työvoima | labor force, labour force, labour, manpower,... |
| 2 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |
via Finnish halpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | halpa | cheap |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | halpa | cheap; bad |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | salwaz | dusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | salw- | — |