Where does “ilkityöntekijä” come from?

ilkityöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

ilkityöntekijä (Finnish): vandal, mischief-maker

Definitions

  1. vandal, mischief-maker

Ancestry of “ilkityöntekijä”, step by step

ilkityöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
2Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
3Estoniantegemato do
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish ilkityö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilkityövillainy, mischief, outrage
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →