Where does “kilpaveneily” come from?

kilpaveneily (Finnish) comes from Finnish veneily, from Finnish veneillä, from Finnish vene, from Proto-Finnic veneh — boat.

kilpaveneily (Finnish): boat racing

Definitions

  1. boat racing

Ancestry of “kilpaveneily”, step by step

kilpaveneily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veneily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneilyboating
2Finnishveneilläto boat; adessive plural of vene
3Finnishveneboat
4Proto-Finnicvenehboat

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
Every word from Proto-Finnic veneh →Every word from Finnish vene →Every word from Finnish veneillä →
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