Where does “yövuoro” come from?

yövuoro (Finnish) comes from Finnish yö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

yövuoro (Finnish): night shift

Definitions

  1. night shift

Ancestry of “yövuoro”, step by step

yövuoro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje

via Finnish vuoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoroturn; shift; A means of transportation that runs...
2Proto-Finnicvooroturn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work)

Words derived from “yövuoro

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üjeEvery word from Proto-Finnic ööEvery word from Finnish