Where does “työhakemus” come from?

työhakemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

työhakemus (Finnish): job application

Definitions

  1. job application

Ancestry of “työhakemus”, step by step

työhakemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakemus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakemusapplication
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus