Where does “lähitaistelu” come from?

lähitaistelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish taistelu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

lähitaistelu (Finnish): close combat

Definitions

  1. close combat

Ancestry of “lähitaistelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “lähitaistelu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish taistelu →