Where does “joukkoerottaminen” come from?

joukkoerottaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish erottaminen, from Finnish erottaa, from Finnish erota, from Finnish ero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

joukkoerottaminen (Finnish): mass dismissal of employees, officials, etc

Definitions

  1. mass dismissal of employees, officials, etc

Ancestry of “joukkoerottaminen”, step by step

joukkoerottaminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erottaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherottaminen
2Finnisherottaato separate; to divide; to fire, dismiss
3Finnisherotato divorce; to differ, be different; to resign
4Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
5Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w

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 -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o