Where does “työttömyyskausi” come from?

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

työttömyyskausi (Finnish): period of unemployment, term of unemployment

Definitions

  1. period of unemployment, term of unemployment

Ancestry of “työttömyyskausi”, step by step

työttömyyskausi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työttömyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöttömyysunemployment, joblessness
2Finnishtyötönunemployed, jobless; An unemployed person
3Finnishtyöwork; job; you
4Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
5Proto-Finnictekyou
6Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish kausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkausiperiod, age, epoch, season; term; period
2Proto-Finnickauci(section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey
3Proto-Finno-Permickawteroad? way? passage ?
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →