Where does “koetehtävä” come from?

koetehtävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish koe, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

koetehtävä (Finnish): a question or problem in an examination

Definitions

  1. a question or problem in an examination

Ancestry of “koetehtävä”, step by step

koetehtävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoeexperiment; trial, test; examination, test, exam
2Finnishkokeato experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to...
3Proto-Finnickokedakto (go) take a look at
4Proto-Uralickoke-see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Finnish tehtävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehtävätask a piece of work done as part of one's duties
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic koke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kokedak →
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