Where does “yleisurheilulaji” come from?
yleisurheilulaji (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,...
yleisurheilulaji (Finnish): athletic sport any sporting event that is part of athletics
Definitions
- athletic sport any sporting event that is part of athletics
Ancestry of “yleisurheilulaji”, step by step
yleisurheilulaji 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 yleisurheilu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yleisurheilu | athletics |
| 2 | Finnish | urheilu | sports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports |
| 3 | Finnish | urheilla | to participate in sport or sports; to exercise;... |
| 4 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |