Where does “terveysliikunta” come from?

terveysliikunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish terveys, from Proto-Finnic tervehüc, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

terveysliikunta (Finnish): health exercise, health-enhancing physical activity

Definitions

  1. health exercise, health-enhancing physical activity

Ancestry of “terveysliikunta”, step by step

terveysliikunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterveyshealth
2Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
3Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
4Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish liikunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikuntaexercise; physical education
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →