Where does “urheilumallinen” come from?

urheilumallinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilumalli, from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

urheilumallinen (Finnish): (that is a) sports model

Definitions

  1. (that is a) sports model

Ancestry of “urheilumallinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurheilumallisports model
2Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
3Swedishmalla template
4Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
5Old Frenchmole
6Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus
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