Where does “joukkosielu” come from?

joukkosielu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sielu, from Old Swedish siel, from Old Saxon sēola, from Proto-West Germanic saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic saiwalō, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

joukkosielu (Finnish): lemming member of a group given to conformity or groupthink

Definitions

  1. lemming member of a group given to conformity or groupthink

Ancestry of “joukkosielu”, step by step

joukkosielu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sielu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsielusoul; moving spirit; core of a valve
2Old Swedishsiel—
3Old Saxonsēolasoul
4Proto-West Germanicsaiwalusoul
5Proto-Germanicsaiwalōsoul, life force
6Proto-Germanicsaiwizsea, ocean
7Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
9Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

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-Indo-European sey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną →