Where does “viikonlopputyöskentely” come from?
viikonlopputyöskentely (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikonloppu, from English weekend, from English week, from Middle English wyke, from Old English wīc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi — to see.
viikonlopputyöskentely (Finnish): working on a weekend
Definitions
- working on a weekend
Ancestry of “viikonlopputyöskentely”, step by step
viikonlopputyöskentely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viikonloppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viikonloppu | weekend |
| 2 | English | weekend | The break in the working week, usually two days... |
| 3 | English | week | Any period of seven consecutive days; A period of... |
| 4 | Middle English | wyke | Alternative form of wikke; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 6 | German | witz | joke |
| 7 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 8 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Finnish työskentely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | työskentely | work, working, effort |
| 2 | Finnish | työskennellä | to work |
| 3 | Finnish | -skennella | Forms frequentative verbs from monosyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ntaa | -en, -fy |
| 5 | Finnish | -taa | Forms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |