Where does “kusemiskilpailu” come from?

kusemiskilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuseminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kusemiskilpailu (Finnish): pissing contest, a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest or highest up a wall

Definitions

  1. pissing contest, a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest or highest up a wall

Ancestry of “kusemiskilpailu”, step by step

kusemiskilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuseminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuseminen—
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kilpailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpailucontest, competition, race; competition; rivalry
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -minen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →