Where does “lukijakilpailu” come from?

lukijakilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukija, from Ingrian lukkia, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lukijakilpailu (Finnish): reader contest, reader competition

Definitions

  1. reader contest, reader competition

Ancestry of “lukijakilpailu”, step by step

lukijakilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lukija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukijareader
2Ingrianlukkiato read
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

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-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →