Where does “työttömyys” come from?

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

työttömyys (Finnish): unemployment, joblessness

Definitions

  1. unemployment, joblessness

Ancestry of “työttömyys”, step by step

työttömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työtön

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyötönunemployed, jobless; An unemployed person
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “työttömyys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →