Where does “kärkitulos” come from?

kärkitulos (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulos, from Finnish tulla, from Proto-Finnic tuldak, from Proto-Uralic tole-, from Hungarian -ál, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.

kärkitulos (Finnish): leading result, top result

Definitions

  1. leading result, top result

Ancestry of “kärkitulos”, step by step

kärkitulos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulosresult; profit; outcome
2Finnishtullato come; to become, get, go, turn; to have to do,...
3Proto-Finnictuldakto come
4Proto-Uralictole-to come
5Hungarian-álSame as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for...
6Hungarian-lAppended to a noun, an adjective or less...
7Proto-Uralic-l

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke
Every word from Proto-Uralic -lEvery word from Hungarian -álEvery word from Proto-Uralic tole-
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