Where does “kilpakone” come from?

kilpakone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kone, from Proto-Finnic koneh — magic.

kilpakone (Finnish): race machine, racing machine

Definitions

  1. race machine, racing machine

Ancestry of “kilpakone”, step by step

kilpakone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
Every word from Proto-Finnic koneh →Every word from Finnish kone →