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Where does “lapsityövoima” come from?

lapsityövoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish työvoima, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

lapsityövoima (Finnish): child labor

Definitions

  1. child labor

Ancestry of “lapsityövoima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyövoimalabor force, labour force, labour, manpower,...
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
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