Where does “tynkäkisat” come from?

tynkäkisat (Finnish) comes from Finnish kisa, from Proto-Finnic kisa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kiśɜ.

tynkäkisat (Finnish): a competition in which only a minority of the usual teams participate

Definitions

  1. a competition in which only a minority of the usual teams participate

Ancestry of “tynkäkisat”, step by step

tynkäkisat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ—

via Finnish tynkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtynkästump, stub; snub
2Proto-Finnictünkästump, stub
3Proto-Uralictüŋebase of a tree, stump
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