Where does “toimistosali” come from?

toimistosali (Finnish) comes from Finnish toimisto, 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...

toimistosali (Finnish): office floor, office hall

Definitions

  1. office floor, office hall

Ancestry of “toimistosali”, step by step

toimistosali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toimisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimistooffice
2FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
3Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
4Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
5Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
6Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
7Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish sali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalihall; A large room, often one in which dinners...
2Swedishsäla seal
3Old Norseselrseal; second-person singular present indicative...
4Proto-Germanicselhazseal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak