Where does “mäkilähtö” come from?
mäkilähtö (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
mäkilähtö (Finnish): hill start
Ancestry of “mäkilähtö”, step by step
mäkilähtö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Mäki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish lähtö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähtö | departure; start; takeoff |
| 2 | Finnish | lähteä | to leave, go, go away, start, start out, start... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | läktedäk | to leave, to depart |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | läkte- | to leave |
Words derived from “mäkilähtö”