Where does “kutsumustyö” come from?

kutsumustyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kutsumus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kutsumustyö (Finnish): calling, vocation

Definitions

  1. calling, vocation

Ancestry of “kutsumustyö”, step by step

kutsumustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kutsumus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkutsumusvocation, calling
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus