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
Ancestry of “kotitehtävä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tehtävä | task; task , mission; task, duty, responsibility,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |