Where does “vaatetustyöntekijä” come from?
vaatetustyöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish työntekijä, from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
vaatetustyöntekijä (Finnish): garment worker
Definitions
- garment worker
Ancestry of “vaatetustyöntekijä”, step by step
vaatetustyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työntekijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työntekijä | An employee |
| 2 | Finnish | tekijä | author, auteur; maker; doer |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tekejä | doer, maker |
| 4 | Estonian | tegema | to do |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish vaatetus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaatetus | clothing act of clothing, or providing clothes for; clothes collectively, e.g. the clothes one has on |
| 2 | Finnish | vaatettaa | to enrobe, enclothe, clothe |
| 3 | Finnish | vaate | piece of clothing, garment; clothing, clothes |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | *vaat'ëk | clothing, garment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēdiz | piece of cloth, garment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |