Where does “satamatyöntekijä” come from?

satamatyöntekijä (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.

satamatyöntekijä (Finnish): dockworker

Definitions

  1. dockworker

Ancestry of “satamatyöntekijä”, step by step

satamatyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työntekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyöntekijäAn employee
2Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
3Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
4Estoniantegemato do
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish satama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsatamaharbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent...
2Proto-Finnicsatamaharbor, haven
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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