Where does “tennisturnaus” come from?
tennisturnaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish turnaus, from Swedish turnering, from Swedish turnera, from French tourner, from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tennisturnaus (Finnish): tennis tournament
Definitions
- tennis tournament
Ancestry of “tennisturnaus”, step by step
tennisturnaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turnaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turnaus | A tournament |
| 2 | Swedish | turnering | a tournament |
| 3 | Swedish | turnera | to tour |
| 4 | French | tourner | to turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour |
| 5 | Middle French | tourner | to turn; to return; to turn into; to change into |
| 6 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 7 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 8 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Finnish tennis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tennis | tennis |
| 2 | English | tennis | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets |
| 3 | Old French | tenez | second-person plural present indicative of tenir;... |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |