Where does “kilpalaulanta” come from?

kilpalaulanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish laulanta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

kilpalaulanta (Finnish): singing battle, competitive singing

Definitions

  1. singing battle, competitive singing

Ancestry of “kilpalaulanta”, step by step

kilpalaulanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulanta—
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish laulanta →