Where does “olkityö” come from?

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

olkityö (Finnish): straw work

Definitions

  1. straw work

Ancestry of “olkityö”, step by step

olkityö 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 olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →