Where does “toiveammatti” come from?

toiveammatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammatti, from Middle Low German ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

toiveammatti (Finnish): dream job, dream occupation; preferred job or occupation, the profession one wants to have

Definitions

  1. dream job, dream occupation; preferred job or occupation, the profession one wants to have

Ancestry of “toiveammatti”, step by step

toiveammatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ammatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammattiprofession, vocation, occupation; professional,...
2Middle Low Germanambacht
3Old Saxonambahtservice
4Proto-Germanicambahtazservant
5Gaulishambaxtosvassal, high-ranking servant
6Proto-Celticambaxtosservant
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish toive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivewish
2Finnishtoivoato hope for, wish; Partitive singular form of...
3Proto-Finnictoivodakto hope; to wish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Celtic ambaxtosEvery word from Gaulish ambaxtos