Where does “tasoituskilpailu” come from?

tasoituskilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasoitus, from Finnish tasoittaa, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasoituskilpailu (Finnish): handicap race

Definitions

  1. handicap race

Ancestry of “tasoituskilpailu”, step by step

tasoituskilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasoitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasoitusleveling; handicap; trim
2Finnishtasoittaato level; to flatten; to even
3Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
4Proto-Finnictasaeven
5Proto-Uralictaśaeven

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
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