Where does “siirtomaajoukot” come from?
siirtomaajoukot (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirtomaa, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
siirtomaajoukot (Finnish): colonial troops, colonial army
Definitions
- colonial troops, colonial army
Ancestry of “siirtomaajoukot”, step by step
siirtomaajoukot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siirtomaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirtomaa | colony |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish joukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |