Where does “urheilla” come from?

urheilla (Finnish) comes from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

urheilla (Finnish): to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...

Definitions

  1. to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...

Ancestry of “urheilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-

Words derived from “urheilla

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella