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Where does “työjuhta” come from?

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

työjuhta (Finnish): beast of burden, working animal; workhorse

Definitions

  1. beast of burden, working animal; workhorse

Ancestry of “työjuhta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
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