Where does “aatekilpailu” come from?

aatekilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish aate, from Finnish aatella, from Finnish ajatella, from Finnish ajattaa, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati — to drive.

aatekilpailu (Finnish): ideas competition

Definitions

  1. ideas competition

Ancestry of “aatekilpailu”, step by step

aatekilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaateideology
2FinnishaatellaAlternative form of ajatella
3Finnishajatellato think (about)
4FinnishajattaaTo have something driven
5Finnishajaato drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in...
6Proto-Finnicajadakto go in a vehicle, to drive
7Proto-Uralicaja-to drive; to hunt, chase
8Proto-Indo-IranianHáȷ́atito drive, lead
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati
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