Where does “kilpailuyhteiskunta” come from?

kilpailuyhteiskunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhteiskunta, from Finnish yhteinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kilpailuyhteiskunta (Finnish): competitive society

Definitions

  1. competitive society

Ancestry of “kilpailuyhteiskunta”, step by step

kilpailuyhteiskunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhteiskunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhteiskuntasociety
2Finnishyhteinenshared, joint, common; collaborative,...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

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-Finnic -uc