Where does “räjäytystyömaa” come from?

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

räjäytystyömaa (Finnish): blasting site, blasting area; a worksite where blasting work takes place

Definitions

  1. blasting site, blasting area; a worksite where blasting work takes place

Ancestry of “räjäytystyömaa”, step by step

räjäytystyömaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyömaaworksite
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish räjäytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishräjäytysA controlled explosion, blast
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →