Where does “kirjontatyö” come from?
kirjontatyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjonta, from Finnish kirjoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
kirjontatyö (Finnish): embroidery
Ancestry of “kirjontatyö”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjonta | embroidery |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjoa | To embroider |
| 3 | Finnish | -öä | Front vowel variant of -oa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |