Where does “yksikköjoustava” come from?

yksikköjoustava (Finnish) comes from Finnish joustava, from Finnish joustaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

yksikköjoustava (Finnish): unit elastic

Definitions

  1. unit elastic

Ancestry of “yksikköjoustava”, step by step

yksikköjoustava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joustava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoustavaflexible, elastic
2Finnishjoustaato yield, bend
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →