Where does “nurmikeilailu” come from?
nurmikeilailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish keilailu, from Finnish keilailla, from Finnish keilata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
nurmikeilailu (Finnish): bowls
Ancestry of “nurmikeilailu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | keilailu | bowling |
| 2 | Finnish | keilailla | to bowl |
| 3 | Finnish | keilata | to bowl; to cast light; to scan |
| 4 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |