Where does “tīetēji” come from?

tīetēji (Livonian) comes from Livonian tīe, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *töö, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

tīetēji (Livonian): employee, worker

Definitions

  1. employee, worker

Ancestry of “tīetēji”, step by step

tīetēji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian tīe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniantīework
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*töö
3Proto-Uralicteyou

via Livonian tēji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniantēji
Every word from Proto-Uralic te
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