Where does “eliittiurheilu” come from?
eliittiurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish eliitti, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere, from Latin eligo, from Latin e- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
eliittiurheilu (Finnish): elite sport(s)
Definitions
- elite sport(s)
Ancestry of “eliittiurheilu”, step by step
eliittiurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish eliitti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eliitti | elite |
| 2 | French | élite | elite |
| 3 | French | élit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Old French | eslit | chosen, elected |
| 5 | Old French | elire | — |
| 6 | Latin | eligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | eligo | I choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick... |
| 8 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 9 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 10 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 13 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 14 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 19 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 20 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
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- | — |