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Where does “urheilullisuus” come from?

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

urheilullisuus (Finnish): sportiness

Definitions

  1. sportiness

Ancestry of “urheilullisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurheilullinensporty
2Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
3Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
4Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
6Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
7Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →