Where does “joukko” come from?

joukko (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic joukko, from Proto-Germanic jaukiją, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

joukko (Finnish): group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one

Definitions

  1. group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one

Ancestry of “joukko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
2Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

Words derived from “joukko

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg-