Where does “palvelutyönantaja” come from?

palvelutyönantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish työnantaja, from Finnish antaja, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

palvelutyönantaja (Finnish): service sector employer

Definitions

  1. service sector employer

Ancestry of “palvelutyönantaja”, step by step

palvelutyönantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työnantaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyönantajaemployer
2Finnishantajagiver
3Finnish-ja-er
4Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish palvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalveluservice
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jaEvery word from Finnish -jaEvery word from Finnish antaja