Where does “elintasokilpailu” come from?

elintasokilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish elintaso, from Finnish taso, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

elintasokilpailu (Finnish): living standard competition, keeping up with the...

Definitions

  1. living standard competition, keeping up with the...

Ancestry of “elintasokilpailu”, step by step

elintasokilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elintaso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelintasostandard of living
2Finnishtasolevel; standard; wing
3Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
4Proto-Finnictasaeven
5Proto-Uralictaśaeven

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
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