Where does “verokilpailu” come from?

verokilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilpailu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

verokilpailu (Finnish): tax competition process by which countries, states or cities use tax cuts, tax breaks, tax loopholes or tax subsidies to attract investment and wealthy individuals

Definitions

  1. tax competition process by which countries, states or cities use tax cuts, tax breaks, tax loopholes or tax subsidies to attract investment and wealthy individuals

Ancestry of “verokilpailu”, step by step

verokilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kilpailu →