Where does “työharjoittelija” come from?

työharjoittelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish harjoittelija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

työharjoittelija (Finnish): intern, trainee, apprentice

Definitions

  1. intern, trainee, apprentice

Ancestry of “työharjoittelija”, step by step

työharjoittelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harjoittelija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharjoittelijaintern, trainee, apprentice, learner, student
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw