Where does “juoksukilpailu” come from?
juoksukilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoksu, from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.
juoksukilpailu (Finnish): running race, running competition
Definitions
- running race, running competition
Ancestry of “juoksukilpailu”, step by step
juoksukilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoksu | run; running; plate, wall plate |
| 2 | Finnish | juosta | to run; to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |
via Finnish kilpailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilpailu | contest, competition, race; competition; rivalry |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |