Where does “MM-kilpailut” come from?

MM-kilpailut (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilpailu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

MM-kilpailut (Finnish): world championship games, "alternative term for"...

Definitions

  1. world championship games, "alternative term for"...

Ancestry of “MM-kilpailut”, step by step

MM-kilpailut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kilpailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpailucontest, competition, race; competition; rivalry
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish MM

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMMWorld championship; Abbreviation of...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kilpailu →