Where does “sammutustyö” come from?

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

sammutustyö (Finnish): firefighting, fire suppression, fire control; work done to control and suppress fires

Definitions

  1. firefighting, fire suppression, fire control; work done to control and suppress fires

Ancestry of “sammutustyö”, step by step

sammutustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työ

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

via Finnish sammutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammutusputting out a fire; fire fighting
2Finnishsammuttaato put out, extinguish; to quench, extinguish; to...
3Finnishsammuato go out, die (down) of fire
4Proto-Finnicsambudak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →