Where does “urheiluennätys” come from?

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

urheiluennätys (Finnish): sports record

Definitions

  1. sports record

Ancestry of “urheiluennätys”, step by step

urheiluennätys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via Finnish ennätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishennätysrecord
2Finnishennättääto make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella
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