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Where does “teos” come from?

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

teos (Finnish): work; oeuvre, opus

Definitions

  1. work; oeuvre, opus

Ancestry of “teos”, 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 “teos”

  • operettiteos
  • esikoisteos
  • lähdeteos
  • orkesteriteos
  • proosateos
  • suurteos
  • taideteos
  • pääteos
  • alkuperäisteos
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