Where does “kilpailuhenki” come from?

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

kilpailuhenki (Finnish): competitive spirit, rivalry, emulation

Definitions

  1. competitive spirit, rivalry, emulation

Ancestry of “kilpailuhenki”, step by step

kilpailuhenki 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 henki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
2Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
3Proto-Uralicčeŋke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kilpailu →