Where does “olympiakisat” come from?

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

olympiakisat (Finnish): The Olympic Games

Definitions

  1. The Olympic Games

Ancestry of “olympiakisat”, step by step

olympiakisat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kisa

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

via Finnish olympialaiset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisholympialaisetOlympic Games; Nominative plural form of...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kiśɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kisa →Every word from Finnish kisa →