Where does “joukkopidätys” come from?

joukkopidätys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pidätys, from Finnish pidättää, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

joukkopidätys (Finnish): mass arrest

Definitions

  1. mass arrest

Ancestry of “joukkopidätys”, step by step

joukkopidätys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pidätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpidätysarrest, seizure; detention; suspension
2Finnishpidättääto hold back, restrain, hinder, curb; to...
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

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-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →