Where does “sarjanousija” come from?

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

sarjanousija (Finnish): a team that is getting promoted elevated to a higher league

Definitions

  1. a team that is getting promoted elevated to a higher league

Ancestry of “sarjanousija”, step by step

sarjanousija 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 nousija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnousijariser
2Finnishnoustato rise; to arise; to ascend
3Proto-Finnicnoustakto rise
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja →Every word from Proto-Finnic sarja →Every word from Finnish sarja →