Where does “tuohityö” come from?

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

tuohityö (Finnish): handicraft made of birchbark

Definitions

  1. handicraft made of birchbark

Ancestry of “tuohityö”, step by step

tuohityö 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 tuohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuohibirchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnictoohibirchbark
3Proto-Finnictooši—
4Balticunknown—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →