Where does “kansanvalistustyö” come from?

kansanvalistustyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kansanvalistus, 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,...

kansanvalistustyö (Finnish): popular educational work, work to (help) educate the public

Definitions

  1. popular educational work, work to (help) educate the public

Ancestry of “kansanvalistustyö”, step by step

kansanvalistustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kansanvalistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkansanvalistuspublic education, educating the public
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-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz