Where does “runkosarja” come from?

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

runkosarja (Finnish): season UK, regular season North America, home and away season Australia the part in an icehockey, football etc. season, during which the clubs play each other according to a predefined schedule

Definitions

  1. season UK, regular season North America, home and away season Australia the part in an icehockey, football etc. season, during which the clubs play each other according to a predefined schedule

Ancestry of “runkosarja”, step by step

runkosarja 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 runko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunkotrunk; hull; body
2Proto-Finnicrunkabody, torso
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja →Every word from Proto-Finnic sarja →Every word from Finnish sarja →