Where does “ottelu” come from?

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

ottelu (Finnish): match

Definitions

  1. match

Ancestry of “ottelu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ottelu

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ-Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadakEvery word from Finnish ottaa