Where does “kilpavene” come from?

kilpavene (Finnish) comes from Finnish vene, from Proto-Finnic veneh — boat.

kilpavene (Finnish): race boat; speedboat

Definitions

  1. race boat; speedboat

Ancestry of “kilpavene”, step by step

kilpavene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
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