Where does “lentopalloilija” come from?

lentopalloilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentopalloilla, from Finnish lentopallo, from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

lentopalloilija (Finnish): volleyball player, volleyballer

Definitions

  1. volleyball player, volleyballer

Ancestry of “lentopalloilija”, step by step

lentopalloilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lentopalloilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentopalloillato play volleyball
2Finnishlentopallovolleyball
3Finnishlentoflying, flight; flight; lento
4Italianlentoslow
5Spanishlentoslow
6Galician-ura-ness
7Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
8Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Latin -tūraEvery word from Galician -uraEvery word from Spanish lento