Where does “jakso” come from?

jakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish jaksaa, from Proto-Finnic jaksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa-.

jakso (Finnish): period; episode; passage

Definitions

  1. period; episode; passage

Ancestry of “jakso”, step by step

jakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jaksaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
2Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
3Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-—

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “jakso”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jaksadak →Every word from Finnish jaksaa →