Where does “kaksintaistelu” come from?

kaksintaistelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish taistelu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kaksintaistelu (Finnish): duel

Definitions

  1. duel

Ancestry of “kaksintaistelu”, step by step

kaksintaistelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kaksin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaksinInstructive plural form of kaksi; alone

Words derived from “kaksintaistelu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish taistelu →