Where does “joukkuemestaruus” come from?
joukkuemestaruus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mestaruus, from Finnish mestari, from Old Swedish mæstare, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister — big, great.
joukkuemestaruus (Finnish): team championship
Definitions
- team championship
Ancestry of “joukkuemestaruus”, step by step
joukkuemestaruus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mestaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mestaruus | mastery, virtuosity; championship |
| 2 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 7 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 8 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Finnish joukkue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkue | A team; A platoon |
| 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 |