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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopistoinstitute, college
2Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
3Finnishoppiato learn
4Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-

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
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe-Every word from Proto-Finnic oppidakEvery word from Finnish oppia