Where does “pudotuskilpailu” come from?
pudotuskilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pudotus, from Finnish pudottaa, from Finnish pudota, from Proto-Finnic pudot'ak — to fall off.
pudotuskilpailu (Finnish): elimination tournament, elimination competition, knockout
Definitions
- elimination tournament, elimination competition, knockout
Ancestry of “pudotuskilpailu”, step by step
pudotuskilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pudotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pudotus | fall; act of dropping; dropdown |
| 2 | Finnish | pudottaa | To drop |
| 3 | Finnish | pudota | to fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pudot'ak | to fall off |
via Finnish kilpailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilpailu | contest, competition, race; competition; rivalry |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |