Where does “katutyömaa” come from?

katutyömaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish työmaa, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

katutyömaa (Finnish): street works street or an area of a street that is being worked on

Definitions

  1. street works street or an area of a street that is being worked on

Ancestry of “katutyömaa”, step by step

katutyömaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyömaaworksite
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatustreet
2Old Swedishgatastreet, road
3Old Norsegátariddle
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →