Where does “joukkomuutto” come from?

joukkomuutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish joukko, from Proto-Finnic joukko, from Proto-Germanic jaukiją, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

joukkomuutto (Finnish): mass migration, mass movement, mass exodus

Definitions

  1. mass migration, mass movement, mass exodus

Ancestry of “joukkomuutto”, step by step

joukkomuutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish muutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttomove, relocation; migration
2Finnishmuuttaato modify, change, alter; to transform,...
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →