Where does “lisensiaatintyö” come from?

lisensiaatintyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lisensiaatti, from Latin licentiatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

lisensiaatintyö (Finnish): licentiate thesis

Definitions

  1. licentiate thesis

Ancestry of “lisensiaatintyö”, step by step

lisensiaatintyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lisensiaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisensiaattilicentiate holder of an academic license degree
2Latinlicentiatusfreedom, license; licensed
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin licentiatus