Where does “juhannusyö” come from?

juhannusyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

juhannusyö (Finnish): midsummer night night preceding the Midsummer Day

Definitions

  1. midsummer night night preceding the Midsummer Day

Ancestry of “juhannusyö”, step by step

juhannusyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje

via Finnish juhannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuhannusMidsummer Day, Saint John's Day
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üjeEvery word from Proto-Finnic ööEvery word from Finnish