Where does “raskassarja” come from?

raskassarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sarja, from Proto-Finnic sarja, from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja — lath, batten, bar.

raskassarja (Finnish): heavyweight division

Definitions

  1. heavyweight division

Ancestry of “raskassarja”, step by step

raskassarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar

via Finnish raskas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraskasheavy; hard, laborious, strenuous, gruelling;...
2Proto-Finnicraskasheavy, weighty
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja →Every word from Proto-Finnic sarja →Every word from Finnish sarja →