Where does “muistelmateos” come from?

muistelmateos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

muistelmateos (Finnish): memoir book describing the personal experiences of an author

Definitions

  1. memoir book describing the personal experiences of an author

Ancestry of “muistelmateos”, step by step

muistelmateos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish muistelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuistelmamemoirs autobiography
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →