Where does “maahanlaskujoukot” come from?

maahanlaskujoukot (Finnish) comes from Finnish maahanlasku, from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.

maahanlaskujoukot (Finnish): airborne forces

Definitions

  1. airborne forces

Ancestry of “maahanlaskujoukot”, step by step

maahanlaskujoukot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maahanlasku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaahanlaskulanding on ground, often in a military context
2Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
3Voticlaskõato let go, let loose, release
4Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
5Proto-Uraliclaćke-—

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-Uralic laćke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic laskedak →Every word from Votic laskõa →