Where does “tussityö” come from?

tussityö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tussi, from Swedish tusch, from German tusche, from German tuschen, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er — he, she.

tussityö (Finnish): marker pen work artwork

Definitions

  1. marker pen work artwork

Ancestry of “tussityö”, step by step

tussityö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtussimarker pen, marker
2SwedishtuschIndia ink, tusche (or other heavily tinted (not necessarily black) fluid used in felt-tip pens or as mascara)
3Germantuscheinflection of tuschen: ## first-person singular...
4Germantuschento paint with watercolors; to use mascara
5FrenchtoucherThe act of touching; A way of touching; The sense...
6German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
7French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
8English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
9Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
10Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
11Latin-ārefirst conjugation
12Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
13Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
14Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
15Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
16Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish työ

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