Where does “yritys” come from?

yritys (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrittää, from Old Norse yrkja, from Proto-Germanic wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

yritys (Finnish): company, firm, enterprise; especially a venture...

Definitions

  1. company, firm, enterprise; especially a venture...

Ancestry of “yritys”, step by step

yritys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrittääto try, attempt, endeavour/endeavor
2Old Norseyrkjato work
3Proto-Germanicwurkijanąto work, to do work; to make
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “yritys

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-