Where does “urheilujalkine” come from?

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

urheilujalkine (Finnish): sports shoe, (article of) sports footwear

Definitions

  1. sports shoe, (article of) sports footwear

Ancestry of “urheilujalkine”, step by step

urheilujalkine 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 jalkine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjalkineA piece of footwear
2Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella