Where does “tunnelityömaa” come from?

tunnelityömaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunneli, from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

tunnelityömaa (Finnish): tunnel construction site

Definitions

  1. tunnel construction site

Ancestry of “tunnelityömaa”, step by step

tunnelityömaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunneli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnelitunnel
2EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
3Old Frenchtonelbarrel
4Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
5Late Latintunnatun, box
6Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

via Finnish työmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyömaaworksite
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →