Where does “ratajuoksu” come from?
ratajuoksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoksu, from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.
ratajuoksu (Finnish): track running
Definitions
- track running
Ancestry of “ratajuoksu”, step by step
ratajuoksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoksu | run; running; plate, wall plate |
| 2 | Finnish | juosta | to run; to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |