Where does “urheiluteippi” come from?

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

urheiluteippi (Finnish): athletic tape

Definitions

  1. athletic tape

Ancestry of “urheiluteippi”, step by step

urheiluteippi 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 teippi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteippiadhesive tape, sellotape, tape
2English[[adhesive tape
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella