Where does “urheilulääkäri” come from?
urheilulääkäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish lääkäri, from Swedish läkare, from Old Swedish lækiare, from Old Swedish lækir, from Old Norse lækir, from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
urheilulääkäri (Finnish): sports physician
Definitions
- sports physician
Ancestry of “urheilulääkäri”, step by step
urheilulääkäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lääkäri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lääkäri | physician, medical doctor |
| 2 | Swedish | läkare | a doctor; a physician |
| 3 | Old Swedish | lækiare | — |
| 4 | Old Swedish | lækir | physician, leech |
| 5 | Old Norse | lækir | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lēkijaz | doctor, physician |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish urheilu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | urheilu | sports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports |
| 2 | Finnish | urheilla | to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |