Where does “työjakso” come from?

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

työjakso (Finnish): duty period, work period

Definitions

  1. duty period, work period

Ancestry of “työjakso”, step by step

työjakso 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 jakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksoperiod; episode; passage
2Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
3Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →