Where does “työväentalo” come from?

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

työväentalo (Finnish): people's house

Definitions

  1. people's house

Ancestry of “työväentalo”, step by step

työväentalo 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 talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →