Where does “työmoraali” come from?

työmoraali (Finnish) comes from Finnish moraali, from Swedish moral, from German Moral, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

työmoraali (Finnish): work ethic

Definitions

  1. work ethic

Ancestry of “työmoraali”, step by step

työmoraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmoraaliMorals; Moral; Morale
2Swedishmoralmorale, character; moral, moral practices,...
3GermanMoralmoral, morality; morale
4German-īncreates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from German -īn →