Where does “maajoukkue” come from?

maajoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish joukkue, from Finnish joukko, from Proto-Finnic joukko, from Proto-Germanic jaukiją, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

maajoukkue (Finnish): national sports team

Definitions

  1. national sports team

Ancestry of “maajoukkue”, step by step

maajoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joukkue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjoukkueA team; A platoon
2Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
3Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
4Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “maajoukkue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jaukiją →Every word from Proto-Finnic joukko →