Where does “viestijuoksujoukkue” come from?
viestijuoksujoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish viestijuoksu, from Finnish viesti, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
viestijuoksujoukkue (Finnish): running relay race team
Definitions
- running relay race team
Ancestry of “viestijuoksujoukkue”, step by step
viestijuoksujoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viestijuoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viestijuoksu | Relay |
| 2 | Finnish | viesti | message; relay, relay race; signal corps |
| 3 | Russian | весть | news, piece of news, message; tidings; news;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | věstь | message |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *waid- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Finnish joukkue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkue | A team; A platoon |
| 2 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |