Where does “talviolympialaiset” come from?

talviolympialaiset (Finnish) comes from Finnish talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

talviolympialaiset (Finnish): Winter Olympics, Olympic Winter Games

Definitions

  1. Winter Olympics, Olympic Winter Games

Ancestry of “talviolympialaiset”, step by step

talviolympialaiset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Finnish olympialaiset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisholympialaisetOlympic Games; Nominative plural form of...
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