Where does “tyhjäntoimittaja” come from?

tyhjäntoimittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish toimittaa, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

tyhjäntoimittaja (Finnish): idler, loafer, lazybones, good-for-nothing one who spends their time in inaction

Definitions

  1. idler, loafer, lazybones, good-for-nothing one who spends their time in inaction

Ancestry of “tyhjäntoimittaja”, step by step

tyhjäntoimittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toimittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimittaato send, deliver, take, get, fetch, ship
2FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
3Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
4Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
5Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
6Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
7Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish tyhjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhjäempty; blank; void
2Proto-Finnictühjäempty
3Proto-Balto-Slavictuskjasempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeantews-to be empty; to drain; to be happy
5Proto-Indo-Europeantu-to swell; bird-cry, shriek
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak
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