Where does “työväenlehti” come from?

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

työväenlehti (Finnish): workers' newspaper, workers' magazine, workers' periodical

Definitions

  1. workers' newspaper, workers' magazine, workers' periodical

Ancestry of “työväenlehti”, step by step

työväenlehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työväki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöväkiworkforce, workers as a collective; The genitive...
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →