Where does “tonttikeinottelu” come from?

tonttikeinottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tontti, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.

tonttikeinottelu (Finnish): land speculation speculative trading of plots of land

Definitions

  1. land speculation speculative trading of plots of land

Ancestry of “tonttikeinottelu”, step by step

tonttikeinottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tontti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtonttiparcel, plot, property
2FinnishtonttuA miniature mythical humanoid creature believed...
3Finnishtonnimetric ton; grand
4Swedishtontonne; tone; tone, shade
5EnglishtonA unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000...
6FrenchtonYour, thy; Tone; Tone, shade
7Old Frenchtonyour
8Latintuusyour
9Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
10Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
11Polishtuhere
12Polishbyćto be
13Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
14Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
15Proto-Slavicmoťьpower

via Finnish keinottelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeinotteluspeculation
2FinnishkeinotellaTo wangle; To speculate
3Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Old Polish mócEvery word from Polish móc