Where does “hiihtokilpailu” come from?

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

hiihtokilpailu (Finnish): skiing competition

Definitions

  1. skiing competition

Ancestry of “hiihtokilpailu”, step by step

hiihtokilpailu 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 hiihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtoskiing; "In plural," skiing games
2FinnishhiihtääTo ski
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kilpailu →
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