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 — from.

nurmikeilailu (Finnish): bowls

Definitions

bowls

Ancestry of “nurmikeilailu”, step by step

nurmikeilailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keilailu

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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	Partitive ending
6	Proto-Uralic	-tä	from

via Finnish Nurmi

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Nurmi	Any of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2	Finnish	nurmi	lawn, grass
3	Proto-Finnic	nurmi	field, meadow
4	Proto-Finno-Ugric	ńurme	—

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -tä →Every word from Finnish keilata →