Where does “seitsenottelu” come from?

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

seitsenottelu (Finnish): heptathlon

Definitions

  1. heptathlon

Ancestry of “seitsenottelu”, step by step

seitsenottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish seitsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsenseven
2Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
3Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven

Words derived from “seitsenottelu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →