Where does “titteliottelu” come from?

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

titteliottelu (Finnish): title fight

Definitions

  1. title fight

Ancestry of “titteliottelu”, step by step

titteliottelu 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 titteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtittelititle
2Swedishtitela title
3Latintitulustitle; placard, tablet; inscription
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →
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