Where does “hanttityö” come from?

hanttityö (Finnish) comes from Finnish hantti, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

hanttityö (Finnish): odd job

Definitions

  1. odd job

Ancestry of “hanttityö”, step by step

hanttityö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhanttiShort for hanttikortti; odd, incidental;...
2SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
3Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
4Old Norsehǫndhand
5Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →