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Where does “nyrkkeilyottelu” come from?

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

nyrkkeilyottelu (Finnish): boxing fight

Definitions

  1. boxing fight

Ancestry of “nyrkkeilyottelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottelumatch
2FinnishotellaTo compete
3Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
4Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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