Where does “tuhotyöntekijä” come from?

tuhotyöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tuhotyöntekijä (Finnish): saboteur, vandal, one who commits an act of vandalism or sabotage, that destroys something

Definitions

  1. saboteur, vandal, one who commits an act of vandalism or sabotage, that destroys something

Ancestry of “tuhotyöntekijä”, step by step

tuhotyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
2Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
3Estoniantegemato do
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish tuhotyö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhotyöact of destruction, sabotage, vandalism, etc
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →