Where does “tervanjuonti” come from?

tervanjuonti (Finnish) comes from Finnish terva, from Proto-Finnic terva, from Proto-Indo-European dérw-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European dóru, from Proto-Indo-European drew- — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.

tervanjuonti (Finnish): chore, slog, donkey work, drudgery tedious work, often with the implication that one has to do it

Definitions

  1. chore, slog, donkey work, drudgery tedious work, often with the implication that one has to do it

Ancestry of “tervanjuonti”, step by step

tervanjuonti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervatar
2Proto-Finnictervatar
3Proto-Indo-Europeandérw-o-m—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree

via Finnish juonti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuontidrinking
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dóru →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dérw-o-m →