Where does “joukkotyöriita” come from?

joukkotyöriita (Finnish) comes from Finnish työriita, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

joukkotyöriita (Finnish): large-scale labor dispute, mass labor dispute

Definitions

  1. large-scale labor dispute, mass labor dispute

Ancestry of “joukkotyöriita”, step by step

joukkotyöriita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työriita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöriitalabor dispute
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

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-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →