Where does “junioriurheilu” come from?

junioriurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilu, from Finnish urheilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

junioriurheilu (Finnish): junior sports sports activities offered for youngsters

Definitions

  1. junior sports sports activities offered for youngsters

Ancestry of “junioriurheilu”, step by step

junioriurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish urheilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
2Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
3Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-

via Finnish juniori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuniorijunior
2Latinjŭnior
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella