Where does “kasvatustyö” come from?

kasvatustyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvatus, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kasvatustyö (Finnish): education, nurturing, educational work, pedagogical work work to raise and educate a young child

Definitions

  1. education, nurturing, educational work, pedagogical work work to raise and educate a young child

Ancestry of “kasvatustyö”, step by step

kasvatustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvatusrearing; upbringing; raising
2FinnishkasvattaaTo let grow; To grow, raise, breed; To rear,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish työ

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

Words derived from “kasvatustyö

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-