Where does “lastutyö” come from?

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

lastutyö (Finnish): a work made with wooden or other shavings or chips

Definitions

  1. a work made with wooden or other shavings or chips

Ancestry of “lastutyö”, step by step

lastutyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työ

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

via Finnish lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →