Where does “miekkailuottelu” come from?

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

miekkailuottelu (Finnish): fencing match

Definitions

  1. fencing match

Ancestry of “miekkailuottelu”, step by step

miekkailuottelu 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 miekkailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkailufencing; swordplay
2Finnishmiekkaillato fence, duel
3Finnishmiekkasword
4Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
5Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →