Where does “kehitysjoukko” come from?

kehitysjoukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehitys, from Finnish kehittää, from Finnish kehitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

kehitysjoukko (Finnish): a volunteer group sent to provide aid in developing countries

Definitions

  1. a volunteer group sent to provide aid in developing countries

Ancestry of “kehitysjoukko”, step by step

kehitysjoukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehitysdevelopment, improvement, advancement, evolution
2Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
3Finnishkehitä—
4Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
5Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

via Finnish joukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
2Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
3Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'ak →Every word from Finnish -itä →Every word from Finnish kehitä →