Where does “pöytätennisottelu” come from?

pöytätennisottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöytätennis, from Finnish tennis, from English tennis, from Old French tenez, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

pöytätennisottelu (Finnish): table tennis match

Definitions

  1. table tennis match

Ancestry of “pöytätennisottelu”, step by step

pöytätennisottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pöytätennis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöytätennistable tennis, ping-pong, ping pong
2Finnishtennistennis
3EnglishtennisA sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets
4Old Frenchtenezsecond-person plural present indicative of tenir;...
5Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
6Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
7Proto-Italictenēōto hold
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

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-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →