Where does “nappulaurheilu” come from?

nappulaurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilu, from Finnish urheilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

nappulaurheilu (Finnish): any type of organized sports activity for children, roughly from age 6 to 12

Definitions

  1. any type of organized sports activity for children, roughly from age 6 to 12

Ancestry of “nappulaurheilu”, step by step

nappulaurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via Finnish nappula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnappulapush button; stone, man; kid, child
2Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
3Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-