Where does “päihdetyö” come from?

päihdetyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päihde, from Finnish päihtyä, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

päihdetyö (Finnish): drug prevention work, substance abuse prevention work

Definitions

  1. drug prevention work, substance abuse prevention work

Ancestry of “päihdetyö”, step by step

päihdetyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäihdeintoxicant, psychoactive drug
2FinnishpäihtyäTo get drunk, to become intoxicated
3Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →