Where does “sinkoryhmä” come from?

sinkoryhmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ryhmä, from Proto-Finnic rühmä — group.

sinkoryhmä (Finnish): RPG team, bazooka team

Definitions

  1. RPG team, bazooka team

Ancestry of “sinkoryhmä”, step by step

sinkoryhmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ryhmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryhmägroup; team; squad
2Proto-Finnicrühmägroup

via Finnish sinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinkoa (usually shoulder-fired) weapon which fires anti-tank projectiles; recoilless rifle, rocket launcher especially a shoulder-fired one; colloquial bazooka
2Finnishsingotato fling, hurl, throw, dart; to catapult
Every word from Proto-Finnic rühmä →Every word from Finnish ryhmä →