Where does “keilailu” come from?
keilailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish keilailla, from Finnish keilata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
keilailu (Finnish): bowling
Ancestry of “keilailu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keilailla | to bowl |
| 2 | Finnish | keilata | to bowl; to cast light; to scan |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |
Words derived from “keilailu”