Where does “yleisurheilustadion” come from?

yleisurheilustadion (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-.

yleisurheilustadion (Finnish): athletics stadium

Definitions

  1. athletics stadium

Ancestry of “yleisurheilustadion”, step by step

yleisurheilustadion 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 stadion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishstadionstadium; stadion
2Ancient GreekστάδιονA 600-foot track for footraces and the...
3Ancient Greekστάδιοςstanding fast and firm; firm, fixed, immobile;...
4Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella
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