Where does “nollapeli” come from?

nollapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish nolla, from Swedish nolla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nollapeli (Finnish): shutout, whitewash game that ends with one side not having scored

Definitions

  1. shutout, whitewash game that ends with one side not having scored

Ancestry of “nollapeli”, step by step

nollapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnollazero; digit zero; good-for-nothing
2Swedishnollaa zero; the symbol, or digit, "0"; a zero; a...
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynosEvery word from Proto-Italic oinosEvery word from Latin nūllus
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