Where does “konetahtityö” come from?
konetahtityö (Finnish) comes from Finnish konetahtinen, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną — to touch.
konetahtityö (Finnish): machine-paced work type of work in which a worker has to adapt in the rhythm of the machinery, e.g. work on an assembly line
Definitions
- machine-paced work type of work in which a worker has to adapt in the rhythm of the machinery, e.g. work on an assembly line
Ancestry of “konetahtityö”, step by step
konetahtityö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish konetahtinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | konetahtinen | machine-paced paced by machinery, such as work on an assembly line |
| 2 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 3 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 4 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 5 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 6 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 7 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |