Where does “joukkoampuminen” come from?

joukkoampuminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampuminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

joukkoampuminen (Finnish): mass shooting

Definitions

  1. mass shooting

Ancestry of “joukkoampuminen”, step by step

joukkoampuminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampuminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishampuminenshooting; Fourth infinitive of ampua in...
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish joukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
2Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
3Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -minen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →