Where does “polkupyöräurheilu” come from?
polkupyöräurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilu, from Finnish urheilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
polkupyöräurheilu (Finnish): cycling as a sport
Definitions
- cycling as a sport
Ancestry of “polkupyöräurheilu”, step by step
polkupyöräurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish urheilu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | urheilu | sports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports |
| 2 | Finnish | urheilla | to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish polkupyörä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polkupyörä | bicycle |
| 2 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |