Where does “toimihenkilö” come from?

toimihenkilö (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...

toimihenkilö (Finnish): official, clerk

Definitions

  1. official, clerk

Ancestry of “toimihenkilö”, step by step

toimihenkilö 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 henkilö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
2Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
3Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
4Proto-Uralicčeŋke—

Words derived from “toimihenkilö”

Every word from Hungarian -ik →Every word from Proto-Uralic toxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak →