Where does “urheilusukeltaja” come from?

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

urheilusukeltaja (Finnish): sport diver, sports diver

Definitions

  1. sport diver, sports diver

Ancestry of “urheilusukeltaja”, step by step

urheilusukeltaja 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 sukeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukeltajadiver
2Finnishsukeltaato dive
3Proto-Finniccuk'eldakto dive
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella