Where does “lopputurnaus” come from?
lopputurnaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish turnaus, from Swedish turnering, from Swedish turnera, from French tourner, from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
lopputurnaus (Finnish): final, finals; finals, final
Definitions
- final, finals; finals, final
Ancestry of “lopputurnaus”, step by step
lopputurnaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turnaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turnaus | A tournament |
| 2 | Swedish | turnering | a tournament |
| 3 | Swedish | turnera | to tour |
| 4 | French | tourner | to turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour |
| 5 | Middle French | tourner | to turn; to return; to turn into; to change into |
| 6 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 7 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 8 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |