Where does “suopotkupallo” come from?
suopotkupallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
suopotkupallo (Finnish): swamp football
Definitions
- swamp football
Ancestry of “suopotkupallo”, step by step
suopotkupallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suo | swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 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 potkupallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | potkupallo | low-level or friendly football/soccer |
| 2 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |