Where does “kansanterveystyö” come from?

kansanterveystyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kansanterveys, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kansanterveystyö (Finnish): public health work

Definitions

  1. public health work

Ancestry of “kansanterveystyö”, step by step

kansanterveystyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kansanterveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkansanterveyspublic health
2Finnishkänsäcallus
3Finnishkanssawith; also, too
4Finnishkansassa
5Finnishkansapeople; nation
6Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
7Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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