Where does “työväsymys” come from?
työväsymys (Finnish) comes from Finnish väsymys, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
työväsymys (Finnish): work fatigue
Ancestry of “työväsymys”, step by step
työväsymys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väsymys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väsymys | exhaustion, fatigue |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish työ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |