Where does “osakilpailu” come from?

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

osakilpailu (Finnish): partial race, event

Definitions

  1. partial race, event

Ancestry of “osakilpailu”, step by step

osakilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kilpailu →