Where does “voimailulaji” come from?
voimailulaji (Finnish) comes from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
voimailulaji (Finnish): a sport in which physical strength is the primary factor, such as weightlifting, strongman, powerlifting or arm wrestling
Definitions
- a sport in which physical strength is the primary factor, such as weightlifting, strongman, powerlifting or arm wrestling
Ancestry of “voimailulaji”, step by step
voimailulaji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laji
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 2 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 6 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 7 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 8 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 9 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 10 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish voimailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voimailu | Those sports collectively which require primarily... |
| 2 | Finnish | voimailla | To perform power training of any sort |
| 3 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |