Where does “paraurheilija” come from?
paraurheilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
paraurheilija (Finnish): paraplegic sportsperson
Definitions
- paraplegic sportsperson
Ancestry of “paraurheilija”, step by step
paraurheilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish urheilija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | urheilija | A sportsman or sportswoman |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish para
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | para | A being created to bring milk or butter to its... |
| 2 | Swedish | bära | to carry; to lift and transport anywhere else; to... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | bara | to bare, make bare |
| 4 | Old Norse | bára | wave, billow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |