Where does “kertalaaki” come from?

kertalaaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish laaki, from Swedish slag, from Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic slagiz, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

kertalaaki (Finnish): one shot, one try

Definitions

  1. one shot, one try

Ancestry of “kertalaaki”, step by step

kertalaaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlaakiA hit, blow
2SwedishslagA hit; punch; A hit of a ball by a bat or a...
3Old Norseslag—
4Proto-Germanicslagizblow, strike
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish kerta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
2Proto-Finnickertatime
3Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
4Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slagiz →