Where does “moottorilentourheilu” come from?

moottorilentourheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottori, from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

moottorilentourheilu (Finnish): Any sport performed by the pilot of a motor aircraft, such as aerobatics or air racing

Definitions

  1. Any sport performed by the pilot of a motor aircraft, such as aerobatics or air racing

Ancestry of “moottorilentourheilu”, step by step

moottorilentourheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moottori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
2Swedishmotorengine, motor
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish lentourheilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentourheiluair sports
2Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
3Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
4Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
6Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
7Proto-Uralic-le-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor