Where does “joukkovalvonta” come from?
joukkovalvonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish valvonta, from Finnish valvoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
joukkovalvonta (Finnish): mass surveillance
Ancestry of “joukkovalvonta”, step by step
joukkovalvonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valvonta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valvonta | monitoring, surveillance; supervision; control |
| 2 | Finnish | valvoa | to stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -oa | Forms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | Forms some verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |
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 |