Where does “mäenlaskukilpailu” come from?

mäenlaskukilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mäenlasku, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

mäenlaskukilpailu (Finnish): a (usually humorous) competition where one comes down a slope, usually on a toboggan

Definitions

  1. a (usually humorous) competition where one comes down a slope, usually on a toboggan

Ancestry of “mäenlaskukilpailu”, step by step

mäenlaskukilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mäenlasku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäenlaskucoming down or descending a slope, such as on a sled or a toboggan
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

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-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →