Where does “ottelukierros” come from?

ottelukierros (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierros, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

ottelukierros (Finnish): round of games

Definitions

  1. round of games

Ancestry of “ottelukierros”, step by step

ottelukierros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierrosround, lap; round; rotation, revolution
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →