Where does “tuhotyö” come from?

tuhotyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

tuhotyö (Finnish): act of destruction, sabotage, vandalism, etc

Definitions

  1. act of destruction, sabotage, vandalism, etc

Ancestry of “tuhotyö”, step by step

tuhotyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin

Words derived from “tuhotyö”

Every word from Proto-Uralic te →