Where does “laskumäkityö” come from?

laskumäkityö (Finnish) comes from Finnish laskumäki, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

laskumäkityö (Finnish): hump shunting, fly shunting

Definitions

  1. hump shunting, fly shunting

Ancestry of “laskumäkityö”, step by step

laskumäkityö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laskumäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskumäkihump or hill used in hump shunting or fly shunting
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →