Where does “painatustyö” come from?

painatustyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish painatus, from Finnish painattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

painatustyö (Finnish): printing work

Definitions

  1. printing work

Ancestry of “painatustyö”, step by step

painatustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainatusprint
2FinnishpainattaaTo have printed, published; Third-person singular...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak