Where does “haulikkokilpailu” come from?

haulikkokilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish haulikko, from Finnish hauli, from Old Swedish haghl, from Proto-Germanic haglaz, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰlos — pebble, hail.

haulikkokilpailu (Finnish): shotgun competition

Definitions

  1. shotgun competition

Ancestry of “haulikkokilpailu”, step by step

haulikkokilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haulikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaulikkoshotgun
2Finnishhaulismall shot
3Old Swedishhaghl—
4Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail

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 kagʰlos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haglaz →Every word from Old Swedish haghl →
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