Where does “joukkojenkeskitys” come from?

joukkojenkeskitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskitys, from Finnish keskittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

joukkojenkeskitys (Finnish): concentration of forces or troops

Definitions

  1. concentration of forces or troops

Ancestry of “joukkojenkeskitys”, step by step

joukkojenkeskitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskitysconcentration; barrage; center
2Finnishkeskittääto focus, concentrate; to centralize; to center,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

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 -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →