Where does “palkkakilpailu” come from?

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

palkkakilpailu (Finnish): wage competition

Definitions

  1. wage competition

Ancestry of “palkkakilpailu”, step by step

palkkakilpailu 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 palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kilpailu →