Where does “olympiakomitea” come from?

olympiakomitea (Finnish) comes from Finnish Olympia, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

olympiakomitea (Finnish): Olympic committee

Definitions

  1. Olympic committee

Ancestry of “olympiakomitea”, step by step

olympiakomitea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Olympia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishOlympiaOlympia city in ancient Greece
2Ancient GreekὈλυμπίαOlympia
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish komitea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkomiteacommittee
2Swedishkommittéa committee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία →