Where does “talkooapu” come from?

talkooapu (Finnish) comes from Finnish apu, from Proto-Finnic apu — Alternative form of *api.

talkooapu (Finnish): help or aid given to a collective task

Definitions

  1. help or aid given to a collective task

Ancestry of “talkooapu”, step by step

talkooapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish apu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapuhelp; assistance; helping hand
2Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api

via Finnish talkoot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalkootbee; Synonym of talkootyö
Every word from Proto-Finnic apu