Where does “olympiadi” come from?

olympiadi (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐᾰ́ς, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

olympiadi (Finnish): olympiad period of four years between the Olympic games

Definitions

  1. olympiad period of four years between the Olympic games

Ancestry of “olympiadi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὈλυμπῐᾰ́ςthe Olympiad
2Ancient GreekὈλυμπῐ́ᾱOlympia
3Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς →Every word from Hungarian ön- →