Where does “juoksusolmu” come from?
juoksusolmu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoksu, from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.
Ancestry of “juoksusolmu”, step by step
juoksusolmu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoksu | run; running; plate, wall plate |
| 2 | Finnish | juosta | to run; to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |
via Finnish solmu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | solmu | knot; knot, deadlock; vertex |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | solmu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | solmi | knot |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ćolme | knot, bundle; to bind |