Where does “työvuorottelu” come from?

työvuorottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuorottelu, from Finnish vuorotella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

työvuorottelu (Finnish): job rotation

Definitions

  1. job rotation

Ancestry of “työvuorottelu”, step by step

työvuorottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuorottelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuorottelualternation, rotation
2FinnishvuorotellaTo alternate, rotate, take turns
3Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
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 -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak