Where does “rantalentopallo” come from?

rantalentopallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentopallo, from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

rantalentopallo (Finnish): beach volleyball

Definitions

  1. beach volleyball

Ancestry of “rantalentopallo”, step by step

rantalentopallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lentopallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentopallovolleyball
2Finnishlentoflying, flight; flight; lento
3Italianlentoslow
4Spanishlentoslow
5Galician-ura-ness
6Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
7Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

via Finnish Ranta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRantaAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishrantashore; beach; bank
3Proto-Finnicrantashore, coast
4Proto-Germanicstrandōedge; rim; shore, strand
5Proto-Indo-European(s)trAnt-strand, border, field
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Latin -tūraEvery word from Galician -uraEvery word from Spanish lento