Where does “nappulakisat” come from?

nappulakisat (Finnish) comes from Finnish kisa, from Proto-Finnic kisa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kiśɜ.

nappulakisat (Finnish): a low-level or very low-level competition

Definitions

  1. a low-level or very low-level competition

Ancestry of “nappulakisat”, step by step

nappulakisat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ—

via Finnish nappula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnappulapush button; stone, man; kid, child
2Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
3Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger
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