Where does “tienparannustyö” come from?
tienparannustyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tienparannus, from Finnish parannus, from Finnish parantaa, from Finnish para, from Swedish bära, from Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse bára, from Proto-Germanic bazaz — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.
tienparannustyö (Finnish): road improvement work
Definitions
- road improvement work
Ancestry of “tienparannustyö”, step by step
tienparannustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tienparannus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tienparannus | road improvement |
| 2 | Finnish | parannus | improvement, enchantment, betterment; repentance;... |
| 3 | Finnish | parantaa | to improve, better; to heal, cure |
| 4 | Finnish | para | A being created to bring milk or butter to its... |
| 5 | Swedish | bära | to carry; to lift and transport anywhere else; to... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | bara | to bare, make bare |
| 7 | Old Norse | bára | wave, billow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |