Where does “ykkösjoukkue” come from?
ykkösjoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish ykkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ykkösjoukkue (Finnish): number one team, leading team
Definitions
- number one team, leading team
Ancestry of “ykkösjoukkue”, step by step
ykkösjoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ykkönen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ykkönen | one; unit, the number one; first |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 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 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 |