Where does “yleisurheilukilpailu” come from?

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

yleisurheilukilpailu (Finnish): athletics competition

Definitions

  1. athletics competition

Ancestry of “yleisurheilukilpailu”, step by step

yleisurheilukilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yleisurheilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyleisurheiluathletics
2Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
3Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
4Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
6Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
7Proto-Uralic-le-

via Finnish kilpailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpailucontest, competition, race; competition; rivalry
2FinnishkilpaillaTo compete, contend; To race; To rival
3Finnish-illäFront vowel variant of -illa
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella