Where does “kausityöttömyys” come from?

kausityöttömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish työttömyys, from Finnish työtön, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

kausityöttömyys (Finnish): Seasonal unemployment

Definitions

  1. Seasonal unemployment

Ancestry of “kausityöttömyys”, step by step

kausityöttömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työttömyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöttömyysunemployment, joblessness
2Finnishtyötönunemployed, jobless; An unemployed person
3Finnishtyöwork; job; you
4Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
5Proto-Finnictekyou
6Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish kausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
2Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
3Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →