Where does “käsipallojoukkue” come from?
käsipallojoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsipallo, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.
käsipallojoukkue (Finnish): handball team
Definitions
- handball team
Ancestry of “käsipallojoukkue”, step by step
käsipallojoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish käsipallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käsipallo | handball; ball in hand |
| 2 | Finnish | käsi | hand; arm |
| 3 | Finnish | kahdeksan | eight |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kakteksa | eight |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kakci | two |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *kakta | — |
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 |