Where does “ratajakso” come from?

ratajakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakso, from Finnish jaksaa, from Proto-Finnic jaksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa-.

ratajakso (Finnish): track section

Definitions

  1. track section

Ancestry of “ratajakso”, step by step

ratajakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksoperiod; episode; passage
2Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
3Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-

via Finnish Rata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRataThe former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*rata
3Proto-Germanictradōway; track; spoor
4Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa-Every word from Proto-Finnic jaksadakEvery word from Finnish jaksaa