Where does “laukkakilpailu” come from?
laukkakilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish laukka, from Proto-Finnic laukka, from Proto-Germanic laukaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewg- — to bend.
laukkakilpailu (Finnish): horse race
Ancestry of “laukkakilpailu”, step by step
laukkakilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laukka | canter; gallop; onion |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | laukka | onion |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | laukaz | leek |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewg- | to bend |
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 |