Where does “työkalusarja” come from?
työkalusarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish työkalu, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.
työkalusarja (Finnish): toolkit, toolset
Ancestry of “työkalusarja”, step by step
työkalusarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työkalu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työkalu | tool |
| 2 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |
via Finnish sarja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarja | series; chain, sequence, succession, train; set |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sarja | row of laths or battens; a board made of laths |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śarja | lath, batten, bar |