Where does “miestyövuosi” come from?

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

miestyövuosi (Finnish): man-year

Definitions

  1. man-year

Ancestry of “miestyövuosi”, step by step

miestyövuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työvuosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyövuosiwork year
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →