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Where does “tarjoiluhenkilökunta” come from?

tarjoiluhenkilökunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjoilu, from Finnish tarjoilla, from Finnish tarjota, from Finnish tarjo-, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta.

tarjoiluhenkilökunta (Finnish): waitstaff

Definitions

  1. waitstaff

Ancestry of “tarjoiluhenkilökunta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjoiluwaiting, service
2Finnishtarjoillato serve, dish out
3Finnishtarjotato offer; to treat; to serve
4Finnishtarjo-—
5Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
6Proto-Finnic-nta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →