Where does “toimeksiantaja” come from?

toimeksiantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

toimeksiantaja (Finnish): mandator one who employs another party through a mandate, see; sponsor, client, commissioner, contract giver/awarder, etc

Definitions

  1. mandator one who employs another party through a mandate, see; sponsor, client, commissioner, contract giver/awarder, etc

Ancestry of “toimeksiantaja”, step by step

toimeksiantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Toimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
2Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
3Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
4Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
5Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
6Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish antaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishantajagiver
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Hungarian -ik →Every word from Proto-Uralic toxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak →