Where does “unelmajoukkue” come from?

unelmajoukkue (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.

unelmajoukkue (Finnish): dream team

Definitions

  1. dream team

Ancestry of “unelmajoukkue”, step by step

unelmajoukkue 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 Unelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishUnelmadream a hope or wish; implies desirability
2Finnishunidream; sleep
3Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
4Proto-Finno-Permicune
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg-Every word from Proto-Germanic jaukijąEvery word from Proto-Finnic joukko
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