Where does “työhönottaja” come from?

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

työhönottaja (Finnish): someone who is hiring

Definitions

  1. someone who is hiring

Ancestry of “työhönottaja”, step by step

työhönottaja 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 ottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishottajaA taker, one who takes
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →