Where does “työväenopisto” come from?
työväenopisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish opisto, from Finnish oppi, from Finnish oppia, from Proto-Finnic oppidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe-.
työväenopisto (Finnish): An adult education center faintly resembling a...
Definitions
- An adult education center faintly resembling a...
Ancestry of “työväenopisto”, step by step
työväenopisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opisto | institute, college |
| 2 | Finnish | oppi | doctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense... |
| 3 | Finnish | oppia | to learn |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | oppidak | to learn |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | woppe- | — |
via Finnish työväki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työväki | workforce, workers as a collective; The genitive... |
| 2 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |