Where does “katsastusottelu” come from?

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

katsastusottelu (Finnish): trials match, selection match match monitored for the purpose of evaluating the performance of individual players by the selection committee for e.g. a prestige club, or a national team

Definitions

  1. trials match, selection match match monitored for the purpose of evaluating the performance of individual players by the selection committee for e.g. a prestige club, or a national team

Ancestry of “katsastusottelu”, step by step

katsastusottelu 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 katsastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkatsastusA routine inspection or checkup, especially an (annual) obligatory inspection of a car
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →