Where does “työvelvoite” come from?

työvelvoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish velvoite, from Finnish velvoittaa, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

työvelvoite (Finnish): work obligation

Definitions

  1. work obligation

Ancestry of “työvelvoite”, step by step

työvelvoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish velvoite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelvoiteobligation, commitment
2Finnishvelvoittaato obligate
3Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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