Where does “sotilasurheilu” come from?
sotilasurheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sotilasurheilu (Finnish): military sports
Definitions
- military sports
Ancestry of “sotilasurheilu”, step by step
sotilasurheilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sotilas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sotilas | soldier; pawn; jack, knave |
| 2 | Finnish | -las | Forms nouns used to describe people; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
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- | — |