Where does “joukkotuhoase” come from?
joukkotuhoase (Finnish) comes from Finnish joukkotuho, from Finnish joukko, from Proto-Finnic joukko, from Proto-Germanic jaukiją, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
joukkotuhoase (Finnish): A weapon of mass destruction
Definitions
- A weapon of mass destruction
Ancestry of “joukkotuhoase”, step by step
joukkotuhoase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish joukkotuho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkotuho | A mass destruction, a holocaust |
| 2 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |