Where does “työjalkine” come from?

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

työjalkine (Finnish): work shoe, a piece of work footwear

Definitions

  1. work shoe, a piece of work footwear

Ancestry of “työjalkine”, step by step

työjalkine 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 jalkine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjalkineA piece of footwear
2Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →