Where does “joukkoerotus” come from?

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

joukkoerotus (Finnish): relative complement, set-theoretic difference, set difference

Definitions

  1. relative complement, set-theoretic difference, set difference

Ancestry of “joukkoerotus”, step by step

joukkoerotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherotusdifference; difference, relative complement;...
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