Where does “pesäpallojoukkue” come from?

pesäpallojoukkue (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.

pesäpallojoukkue (Finnish): a pesäpallo team

Definitions

  1. a pesäpallo team

Ancestry of “pesäpallojoukkue”, step by step

pesäpallojoukkue 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 pesäpallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesäpalloa sport developed in Finland in the 1920s,...
2Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
3Proto-Germanicballôball
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jaukiją →Every word from Proto-Finnic joukko →