Where does “työpaikkahakemus” come from?

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

työpaikkahakemus (Finnish): job application

Definitions

  1. job application

Ancestry of “työpaikkahakemus”, step by step

työpaikkahakemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työpaikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyöpaikkaA workplace; A situation; A position
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish hakemus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakemusapplication
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic teEvery word from Proto-Finnic tekEvery word from Proto-Finnic töö