Where does “jymyjuttu” come from?

jymyjuttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juttu, from Proto-Finnic juttu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jukta- — to tell.

jymyjuttu (Finnish): scoop news, especially sensational ones, learned and reported before anyone else

Definitions

  1. scoop news, especially sensational ones, learned and reported before anyone else

Ancestry of “jymyjuttu”, step by step

jymyjuttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell

via Finnish jymy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjymysensational, huge
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jukta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic juttu →Every word from Finnish juttu →