Where does “metsätyöntekijä” come from?

metsätyöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish työntekijä, from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

metsätyöntekijä (Finnish): forest worker, forestry worker

Definitions

  1. forest worker, forestry worker

Ancestry of “metsätyöntekijä”, step by step

metsätyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työntekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyöntekijäAn employee
2Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
3Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
4Estoniantegemato do
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →