Where does “työministeri” come from?
työministeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ministeri, from Swedish minister, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.
työministeri (Finnish): minister of labor
Ancestry of “työministeri”, step by step
työministeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ministeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ministeri | a minister; an honorary title of the second rank... |
| 2 | Swedish | minister | a minister |
| 3 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 4 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |
via Finnish työ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |