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Where does “jouto-” come from?

jouto- (Finnish) comes from Finnish joutaa, from Proto-Finnic joutadak — to have time; to make it in time.

Ancestry of “jouto-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjoutaaTo make it , arrive , reach; To have/find time;...
2Proto-Finnicjoutadakto have time; to make it in time
Every word from Proto-Finnic joutadak →