Where does “vaatetehtailija” come from?

vaatetehtailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehtailija, from Finnish tehtailla, from Finnish tehdas, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

vaatetehtailija (Finnish): clothing factory owner, clothing manufacturer person

Definitions

  1. clothing factory owner, clothing manufacturer person

Ancestry of “vaatetehtailija”, step by step

vaatetehtailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehtailija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehtailijaindustrialist
2Finnishtehtaillato manufacture or fabricate in large numbers;...
3Finnishtehdasfactory; mill
4Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish vaate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaatepiece of clothing, garment; clothing, clothes
2Proto-Finnic*vaat'ëkclothing, garment
3Proto-Germanicwēdizpiece of cloth, garment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Uralic teke-Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk
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