Where does “joukkuetakaa-ajo” come from?
joukkuetakaa-ajo (Finnish) comes from Finnish takaa-ajo, from Finnish ajo, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
joukkuetakaa-ajo (Finnish): team pursuit
Definitions
- team pursuit
Ancestry of “joukkuetakaa-ajo”, step by step
joukkuetakaa-ajo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish takaa-ajo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | takaa-ajo | chase, pursuit; individual pursuit |
| 2 | Finnish | ajo | driving; riding; chase |
| 3 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
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 |