Where does “suurteos” come from?
suurteos (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.
suurteos (Finnish): magnum opus, masterpiece
Ancestry of “suurteos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | teos | work; oeuvre, opus |
| 2 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |