Where does “ihmetyö” come from?

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

ihmetyö (Finnish): miracle, making a miracle or miracles

Definitions

  1. miracle, making a miracle or miracles

Ancestry of “ihmetyö”, step by step

ihmetyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työ

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

via Finnish ihme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihmemiracle, wonder; strange, weird
2Proto-Finnicimehwonder, miracle
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →