Where does “nyrkkeilykinnas” come from?

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

nyrkkeilykinnas (Finnish): boxing glove

Definitions

  1. boxing glove

Ancestry of “nyrkkeilykinnas”, step by step

nyrkkeilykinnas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyrkkeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyrkkeilyboxing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kinnas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkinnasmitten
2Proto-Finnickindasglove, mitten
3Proto-Baltickimdas—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish nyrkkeily →