Where does “lähetystyö” come from?
lähetystyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lähetystyö (Finnish): Christian or Islamic mission
Definitions
- Christian or Islamic mission
Ancestry of “lähetystyö”, step by step
lähetystyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetys | delivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish työ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |
Words derived from “lähetystyö”