Where does “soutukilpailu” come from?

soutukilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish soutu, from Finnish soutaa, from Proto-Finnic soutadak, from Proto-Uralic *suxta- — to transport with a boat.

soutukilpailu (Finnish): rowing competition, rowing race

Definitions

  1. rowing competition, rowing race

Ancestry of “soutukilpailu”, step by step

soutukilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsouturowing
2Finnishsoutaato row
3Proto-Finnicsoutadakto row
4Proto-Uralic*suxta-to transport with a boat

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic *suxta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic soutadak →Every word from Finnish soutaa →