Where does “amatööriurheilu” come from?
amatööriurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish amatööri, from French amateur, from Latin amātor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amatööriurheilu (Finnish): amateur sports
Definitions
- amateur sports
Ancestry of “amatööriurheilu”, step by step
amatööriurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish amatööri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | amatööri | Synonym of harrastaja; Synonym of harrastelija |
| 2 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 3 | Latin | amātor | a (male) friend |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Finnish urheilu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | urheilu | sports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports |
| 2 | Finnish | urheilla | to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |