Where does “selvitystyö” come from?

selvitystyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvitys, from Finnish selvittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

selvitystyö (Finnish): investigation, investigation

Definitions

  1. investigation, investigation

Ancestry of “selvitystyö”, step by step

selvitystyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selvitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishselvitysA document covering the description and results...
2Finnishselvittääto make clear, clarify; to examine, investigate,...
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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