Where does “kisakone” come from?

kisakone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kisa, from Proto-Finnic kisa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kiśɜ.

kisakone (Finnish): tournament machine

Definitions

  1. tournament machine

Ancestry of “kisakone”, step by step

kisakone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kiśɜ →