Where does “työttömyysturvalaki” come from?

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

työttömyysturvalaki (Finnish): unemployment benefits act statute

Definitions

  1. unemployment benefits act statute

Ancestry of “työttömyysturvalaki”, step by step

työttömyysturvalaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työttömyysturva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöttömyysturvaunemployment benefit
2Finnishtyöttömyysunemployment, joblessness
3Finnishtyötönunemployed, jobless; An unemployed person
4Finnishtyöwork; job; you
5Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
6Proto-Finnictekyou
7Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh—
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →