Where does “hintakilpailu” come from?

hintakilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hinta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *hinta, from Proto-Baltic śímta.

hintakilpailu (Finnish): price war, price competition

Definitions

  1. price war, price competition

Ancestry of “hintakilpailu”, step by step

hintakilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhintaprice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hinta—
3Proto-Balticśímta—

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-Baltic śímta →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *hinta →Every word from Finnish hinta →