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

Definitions

  1. magnum opus, masterpiece

Ancestry of “suurteos”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →