Where does “pk-teollisuus” come from?

pk-teollisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish teollisuus, from Finnish teollinen, from Finnish teko, from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

pk-teollisuus (Finnish): small and medium industry industrial enterprises employing 10 to 250 people

Definitions

  1. small and medium industry industrial enterprises employing 10 to 250 people

Ancestry of “pk-teollisuus”, step by step

pk-teollisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teollisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteollisuusindustry
2Finnishteollinenindustrial
3Finnishtekoact, deed; achievement; refers to a deed,...
4Proto-Finnictekoact, deed
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-Kartvelian pk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianpk-to grind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Uralic teke-Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk