Where does “nuorisotyö” come from?

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

nuorisotyö (Finnish): youth work

Definitions

  1. youth work

Ancestry of “nuorisotyö”, step by step

nuorisotyö 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 nuoriso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuorisoyouth
2Finnishnuoriyoung; a young person; youth
3Proto-Finnicnooriyoung

Words derived from “nuorisotyö”

Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →