Where does “sävellysteos” come from?

sävellysteos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

sävellysteos (Finnish): musical work

Definitions

  1. musical work

Ancestry of “sävellysteos”, step by step

sävellysteos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish sävellys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävellyscomposition
2Finnishsäveltääto compose; to set to music
3Finnishsäveltone; melody, tune; note
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →