Where does “nyrkkeily” come from?

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

nyrkkeily (Finnish): boxing

Definitions

  1. boxing

Ancestry of “nyrkkeily”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nyrkkeily

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -u