Where does “joukkuepeli” come from?

joukkuepeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish joukkue, from Finnish joukko, from Proto-Finnic joukko, from Proto-Germanic jaukiją, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

joukkuepeli (Finnish): team sport

Definitions

  1. team sport

Ancestry of “joukkuepeli”, step by step

joukkuepeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joukkue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjoukkueA team; A platoon
2Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
3Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
4Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg-Every word from Proto-Germanic jaukijąEvery word from Proto-Finnic joukko