Where does “liukutyö” come from?

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

liukutyö (Finnish): continuous manufacturing (work) manufacturing in which goods being manufactured directly and continuously proceed from one stage to the next

Definitions

  1. continuous manufacturing (work) manufacturing in which goods being manufactured directly and continuously proceed from one stage to the next

Ancestry of “liukutyö”, step by step

liukutyö 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 liuku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukuskid; slide
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 →