Where does “jooks” come from?
jooks (Estonian) comes from Estonian jooksma, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.
jooks (Estonian): a run
Ancestry of “jooks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | jooksma | to run |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |
Words derived from “jooks”