Where does “urheilupusakka” come from?

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

urheilupusakka (Finnish): sports jacket, warmup jacket

Definitions

  1. sports jacket, warmup jacket

Ancestry of “urheilupusakka”, step by step

urheilupusakka 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 pusakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpusakkajacket, smock
2Finnishpuseroblouse; sweater, light jacket
3Swedishbussarongtype of pullover blouse, originally worn by...
4Low Germanbuserun
5Dutchboezeroena smock frock, a workman's undershirt
6FrenchbourgeronA type of short blouson; workman's overall
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