Where does “maaottelujoukkue” come from?
maaottelujoukkue (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.
Ancestry of “maaottelujoukkue”, step by step
maaottelujoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maaottelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maaottelu | A match, game or contest between two national... |
| 2 | Finnish | ottelu | match |
| 3 | Finnish | otella | To compete |
| 4 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |
via Finnish joukkue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkue | A team; A platoon |
| 2 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |