Where does “hohtokeilaus” come from?

hohtokeilaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish keilaus, from Finnish keilata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

hohtokeilaus (Finnish): glow-in-the-dark bowling

Definitions

  1. glow-in-the-dark bowling

Ancestry of “hohtokeilaus”, step by step

hohtokeilaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keilaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeilausbowl act of bowling a ball
2Finnishkeilatato bowl; to cast light; to scan
3Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish hohto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhohtoshining; gleaming; glowing
2FinnishhohtaaTo glow, shine, glimmer, gleam
3Finnishhohkaa—
4Proto-Finnichohkadakto emanate, to radiate (heat)
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -tä →Every word from Finnish keilata →