käsityöläinen

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Finnish

Etymology

käsityö (handwork) +‎ -läinen (-er) or käsi (hand) +‎ työläinen (worker). Coined by Finnish author and journalist Pietari Hannikainen in 1847.

Pronunciation

Noun

käsityöläinen

  1. artisan, craftsman, craftswoman (highly skilled manual worker)
    Synonym: käsityömies (dated, masculine)

Declension

Possessive forms of käsityöläinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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