Where does “urheiluautoilija” come from?

urheiluautoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish autoilija, from Finnish autoilla, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

urheiluautoilija (Finnish): sports car driver

Definitions

  1. sports car driver

Ancestry of “urheiluautoilija”, step by step

urheiluautoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish autoilija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishautoilijamotorist, someone who drives a car
2FinnishautoillaAdessive plural form of auto; To drive a car;...
3Finnishautocar, automobile
4Finnishautomobiiliautomobile, car
5Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
6Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
7Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
8Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Finnish urheilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
2Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
3Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός