Where does “kolmimaaottelu” come from?

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

kolmimaaottelu (Finnish): Athletics contest with national teams of three...

Definitions

  1. Athletics contest with national teams of three...

Ancestry of “kolmimaaottelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmaaotteluA match, game or contest between two national...
2Finnishottelumatch
3FinnishotellaTo compete
4Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
5Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →