Where does “katulähetystyöntekijä” come from?
katulähetystyöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish työntekijä, 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.
katulähetystyöntekijä (Finnish): street missionary
Definitions
- street missionary
Ancestry of “katulähetystyöntekijä”, step by step
katulähetystyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työntekijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työntekijä | An employee |
| 2 | Finnish | tekijä | author, auteur; maker; doer |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tekejä | doer, maker |
| 4 | Estonian | tegema | to do |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish katulähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katulähetys | street missionary work |
| 2 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 3 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |