Where does “tarjouskilpailu” come from?

tarjouskilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjous, from Finnish tarjota, from Finnish tarjo-, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

tarjouskilpailu (Finnish): bidding competition process in which suppliers file competing bids to a purchaser who consequently chooses the most suitable as winner

Definitions

  1. bidding competition process in which suppliers file competing bids to a purchaser who consequently chooses the most suitable as winner

Ancestry of “tarjouskilpailu”, step by step

tarjouskilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarjous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjousoffer, bid, tender
2Finnishtarjotato offer; to treat; to serve
3Finnishtarjo-—
4Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
5Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

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-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tarjo- →