Where does “katutyöntekijä” come from?

katutyöntekijä (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.

katutyöntekijä (Finnish): street worker

Definitions

  1. street worker

Ancestry of “katutyöntekijä”, step by step

katutyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työntekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyöntekijäAn employee
2Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
3Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
4Estoniantegemato do
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatustreet
2Old Swedishgatastreet, road
3Old Norsegátariddle
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →