Where does “joukkoirtisanominen” come from?
joukkoirtisanominen (Finnish) comes from Finnish irtisanominen, from Finnish sanominen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
joukkoirtisanominen (Finnish): mass layoff, mass redundancy, mass dismissal, collective dismissal
Definitions
- mass layoff, mass redundancy, mass dismissal, collective dismissal
Ancestry of “joukkoirtisanominen”, step by step
joukkoirtisanominen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish irtisanominen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | irtisanominen | termination of employment |
| 2 | Finnish | sanominen | saying; Fourth infinitive of sanoa in nominative... |
| 3 | Finnish | -minen | Forms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -minen | Forms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |