Where does “tennisottelu” come from?

tennisottelu (Finnish) comes 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.

tennisottelu (Finnish): tennis match

Definitions

  1. tennis match

Ancestry of “tennisottelu”, step by step

tennisottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tennis

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