Where does “kotitehtävä” come from?

kotitehtävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehtävä, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

kotitehtävä (Finnish): homework

Definitions

  1. homework

Ancestry of “kotitehtävä”, step by step

kotitehtävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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