Where does “liigajoukkue” come from?
liigajoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish liiga, from German Liga, from Italian lega, from Italian legare, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
liigajoukkue (Finnish): league team
Definitions
- league team
Ancestry of “liigajoukkue”, step by step
liigajoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liiga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liiga | league |
| 2 | German | Liga | league |
| 3 | Italian | lega | league, gang |
| 4 | Italian | legare | to bind or tie; to unite; to connect |
| 5 | Latin | ligō | hoe, mattock |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
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 |