Where does “huippu-urheilu” come from?
huippu-urheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilu, from Finnish urheilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
huippu-urheilu (Finnish): competitive sports at the highest level
Definitions
- competitive sports at the highest level
Ancestry of “huippu-urheilu”, step by step
huippu-urheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via Finnish huippu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huippu | top, peak, summit; climax, culmination;... |