Where does “työmarkkinatuki” come from?

työmarkkinatuki (Finnish) comes from Finnish työmarkkinat, from Finnish markkinat, from Swedish marknad, from Old Norse markaðr, from Old Saxon markat, from Latin marcātus, from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

työmarkkinatuki (Finnish): labor market support ("official" translation used by the Finnish Ministry of Labor); a social benefit paid to an unemployed person who is not entitled to ordinary unemployment benefits due to insufficient history of employment or extended (more than 500 days) period of unemployment

Definitions

  1. labor market support ("official" translation used by the Finnish Ministry of Labor); a social benefit paid to an unemployed person who is not entitled to ordinary unemployment benefits due to insufficient history of employment or extended (more than 500 days) period of unemployment

Ancestry of “työmarkkinatuki”, step by step

työmarkkinatuki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työmarkkinat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyömarkkinatlabor market
2Finnishmarkkinatmarket; fair, funfair; Nominative plural form...
3Swedishmarknadmarket; market; organized trading event; market;...
4Old Norsemarkaðrmarket
5Old Saxonmarkat
6Latinmarcātus
7Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mercatus