Where does “vierastyövoima” come from?
vierastyövoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish työvoima, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.
vierastyövoima (Finnish): foreign workforce, foreign labor
Definitions
- foreign workforce, foreign labor
Ancestry of “vierastyövoima”, step by step
vierastyövoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish työvoima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työvoima | labor force, labour force, labour, manpower,... |
| 2 | Finnish | työ | work; job; you |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | töö | Alternative form of *tek; work, labour |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tek | you |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | te | you |
via Finnish vieras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vieras | unfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veeras | guest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veeri | side, flank; edge |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wäre | — |