Where does “ratatyöntekijä” come from?
ratatyöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish työntekijä, from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
ratatyöntekijä (Finnish): track worker
Definitions
- track worker
Ancestry of “ratatyöntekijä”, step by step
ratatyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työntekijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työntekijä | An employee |
| 2 | Finnish | tekijä | author, auteur; maker; doer |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tekejä | doer, maker |
| 4 | Estonian | tegema | to do |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |