Where does “tehtävä” come from?

tehtävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tehtävä (Finnish): task a piece of work done as part of one's duties

Definitions

  1. task a piece of work done as part of one's duties

Ancestry of “tehtävä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
2Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
3Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tehtävä”

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