Where does “työmaakypärä” come from?

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

työmaakypärä (Finnish): hard hat

Definitions

  1. hard hat

Ancestry of “työmaakypärä”, step by step

työmaakypärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyömaaworksite
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish kypärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypärähelmet; hard hat
2Proto-Finnicküpärähat
3Proto-Baltickepur-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →