Where does “katulähetystyö” come from?

katulähetystyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetystyö, from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

katulähetystyö (Finnish): street missionary work

Definitions

  1. street missionary work

Ancestry of “katulähetystyö”, step by step

katulähetystyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lähetystyö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlähetystyöChristian or Islamic mission
2Finnishlähetysdelivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist...
3Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
4Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatustreet
2Old Swedishgatastreet, road
3Old Norsegátariddle
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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