Where does “urheilu” come from?
urheilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
urheilu (Finnish): sports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
Definitions
- sports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
Ancestry of “urheilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | urheilla | to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
Words derived from “urheilu”