Where does “rankkarikisa” come from?

rankkarikisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish rankkari, from Finnish rangaistuspotku, from Finnish rangaistus, from Finnish rangaista, from Finnish ranka, from Proto-Finnic ranka.

rankkarikisa (Finnish): penalty shootout, shootout

Definitions

  1. penalty shootout, shootout

Ancestry of “rankkarikisa”, step by step

rankkarikisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rankkari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrankkaripenalty kick
2Finnishrangaistuspotkupenalty kick
3Finnishrangaistuspunishment; penalty; comeuppance
4FinnishrangaistaTo punish, penalise/penalize, mete out a...
5Finnishrankapole; stalk; spine
6Proto-Finnicranka

via Finnish kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ
Every word from Proto-Finnic rankaEvery word from Finnish rankaEvery word from Finnish rangaista