Where does “joukkosukupuutto” come from?
joukkosukupuutto (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.
joukkosukupuutto (Finnish): mass extinction, extinction event
Definitions
- mass extinction, extinction event
Ancestry of “joukkosukupuutto”, step by step
joukkosukupuutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish joukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |
via Finnish sukupuutto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sukupuutto | extinction termination or annihilation of a species such that no living member of it exists |
| 2 | Finnish | puutto | — |
| 3 | Finnish | puuttua | to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | puuttudak | to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on |