Where does “kyntökilpailu” come from?
kyntökilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyntö, from Finnish kyntää, from Proto-Finnic küntädäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic künčä- — to dig.
kyntökilpailu (Finnish): plowing competition
Ancestry of “kyntökilpailu”, step by step
kyntökilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kyntö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyntö | ploughing, plowing |
| 2 | Finnish | kyntää | to plough/plow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | küntädäk | to plough/plow |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | künčä- | to dig |
via Finnish kilpailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilpailu | contest, competition, race; competition; rivalry |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |