Where does “kilpajuoksu” come from?

kilpajuoksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoksu, from Finnish juosta, from Proto-Finnic joostak, from Proto-Uralic jokse-.

kilpajuoksu (Finnish): race

Definitions

  1. race

Ancestry of “kilpajuoksu”, step by step

kilpajuoksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuoksurun; running; plate, wall plate
2Finnishjuostato run; to flow
3Proto-Finnicjoostakto run, to flow
4Proto-Uralicjokse-—

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
Every word from Proto-Uralic jokse- →Every word from Proto-Finnic joostak →Every word from Finnish juosta →