Where does “rakennustyömies” come from?

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

rakennustyömies (Finnish): (male) construction worker

Definitions

  1. (male) construction worker

Ancestry of “rakennustyömies”, step by step

rakennustyömies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työmies

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

via Finnish rakennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakennusbuilding; building, construction
2Finnishrakentaato build, construct
3Proto-Finnicrakentadak—
4Proto-Finno-Ugricrakkɜ-to make, prepare, build
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →