Where does “kilpailukielto” come from?

kilpailukielto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielto, from Finnish kieltää, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

kilpailukielto (Finnish): non-compete term

Definitions

  1. non-compete term

Ancestry of “kilpailukielto”, step by step

kilpailukielto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kielto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkieltoban, prohibition
2Finnishkieltääto forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to...
3Finnishkielitongue; language; string
4Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
5Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

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-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →