Where does “kilpailutus” come from?
kilpailutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilpailuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kilpailutus (Finnish): (competitive) tendering
Definitions
- (competitive) tendering
Ancestry of “kilpailutus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilpailuttaa | to tender out, put out to tender invite tenders or bids for providing some service or a project, such as a construction project, thus causing a competition for the contract, which is usually won by the lowest bid |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |