Where does “arvokilpailu” come from?

arvokilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Arvo, from Finnish Arvi, from Old Norse Arnviðr, from Proto-Germanic Arôwiduz.

arvokilpailu (Finnish): a top-level sports event or competition such as the Olympic Games, World Championship games or national championships in some sports

Definitions

  1. a top-level sports event or competition such as the Olympic Games, World Championship games or national championships in some sports

Ancestry of “arvokilpailu”, step by step

arvokilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Arvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishArvovalue, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2FinnishArvi—
3Old NorseArnviðr—
4Proto-GermanicArôwiduz—

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-Germanic Arôwiduz →Every word from Old Norse Arnviðr →Every word from Finnish Arvi →