Where does “moottoriveneurheilu” come from?

moottoriveneurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottorivene, 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.

moottoriveneurheilu (Finnish): motorboat racing

Definitions

  1. motorboat racing

Ancestry of “moottoriveneurheilu”, step by step

moottoriveneurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moottorivene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottorivenemotorboat
2Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
3Swedishmotorengine, motor
4Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

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-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor