Where does “virkaehtosopimus” come from?

virkaehtosopimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sopimus, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa — clothing.

virkaehtosopimus (Finnish): (collective) labor agreement for civil servants or public officers

Definitions

  1. (collective) labor agreement for civil servants or public officers

Ancestry of “virkaehtosopimus”, step by step

virkaehtosopimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sopimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsopimusagreement, arrangement, contract; treaty,...
2Finnishsopiato fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,...
3Proto-Finnicsopidakto fit; to suit, to be suitable
4Proto-Finnicsopagarment, piece of clothing; clothes
5Proto-Uralicśopaclothing

via Finnish virkaehto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirkaehtoworking condition, employment condition in a public position
2Finnishvirkapost, position, office, public office; purpose,...
3Old Norsevirkja—
4Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Uralic śopa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sopa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sopidak →