Where does “yleisurheilumaaottelu” come from?
yleisurheilumaaottelu (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-.
yleisurheilumaaottelu (Finnish): an athletics competition between two national teams
Definitions
- an athletics competition between two national teams
Ancestry of “yleisurheilumaaottelu”, step by step
yleisurheilumaaottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |