Where does “painoluokkalaji” come from?

painoluokkalaji (Finnish) comes from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

painoluokkalaji (Finnish): a sport with weight categories

Definitions

  1. a sport with weight categories

Ancestry of “painoluokkalaji”, step by step

painoluokkalaji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
2Old Swedishslagh
3Middle Low Germanslach
4Old Saxonslag
5Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
6Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
7Low Germanslagge
8Middle Low Germanslagge
9Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
10Old Saxonslāhanto hit
11Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish painoluokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoluokkaweight class
2Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
3Finnishluokkishaft bow
4Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-Every word from Proto-Germanic slahanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic slahan