Where does “työpaikkaselvitys” come from?

työpaikkaselvitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvitys, from Finnish selvittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

työpaikkaselvitys (Finnish): workplace health and safety survey

Definitions

  1. workplace health and safety survey

Ancestry of “työpaikkaselvitys”, step by step

työpaikkaselvitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selvitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishselvitysA document covering the description and results...
2Finnishselvittääto make clear, clarify; to examine, investigate,...
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish työpaikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyöpaikkaA workplace; A situation; A position
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa