Where does “viulukilpailu” come from?

viulukilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish viulu, from Swedish fiol, from German viola, from Italian Viola, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

viulukilpailu (Finnish): violin competition

Definitions

  1. violin competition

Ancestry of “viulukilpailu”, step by step

viulukilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviuluviolin; costs, bill
2Swedishfiolviolin
3Germanviola—
4ItalianViolapurple, violet
5Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
6Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

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-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Italian -one →