Where does “ottelupari” come from?

ottelupari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pari, from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.

ottelupari (Finnish): two-legged tie competition between two teams which comprises two matches or “legs”, with each team as the home team in one leg; used especially in soccer

Definitions

  1. two-legged tie competition between two teams which comprises two matches or “legs”, with each team as the home team in one leg; used especially in soccer

Ancestry of “ottelupari”, step by step

ottelupari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparicouple, pair; partner; battery cell
2Swedishpara pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
3EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
4EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
5EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
6Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
7Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
8Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
9Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
10LatinpissioI piss

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 Latin pissioEvery word from Vulgar Latin pissiareEvery word from Old French pissier