Where does “jääkiekko-ottelu” come from?

jääkiekko-ottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottelu, from Finnish otella, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

jääkiekko-ottelu (Finnish): ice hockey match

Definitions

  1. ice hockey match

Ancestry of “jääkiekko-ottelu”, step by step

jääkiekko-ottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottelumatch
2FinnishotellaTo compete
3Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
4Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish jääkiekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjääkiekkoIce hockey; The puck with which ice hockey is...
2Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
3Proto-Finnicjääice
4Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →