Where does “squash-ottelu” come from?

squash-ottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish squash, from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

squash-ottelu (Finnish): squash match

Definitions

  1. squash match

Ancestry of “squash-ottelu”, step by step

squash-ottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish squash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsquashsquash
2EnglishsquashA sport played in a walled court with a soft...
3Middle Englishsquachen
4Old Frenchesquacher
5Vulgar Latinexcoactiare
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicōto impart, share
8Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9Old Latincom(m)oinis
10Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

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 Ancient Greek κῆτος