Where does “työkaluvihje” come from?

työkaluvihje (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihje, from Finnish vihjata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

työkaluvihje (Finnish): tooltip

Definitions

  1. tooltip

Ancestry of “työkaluvihje”, step by step

työkaluvihje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vihje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihjehint
2Finnishvihjatato suggest, to imply, to insinuate; to hint to or...
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish työkalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyökalutool
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →