Where does “totolippu” come from?

totolippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish toto, from Finnish totalisaattori — totalizator.

totolippu (Finnish): tote ticket, pari-mutuel ticket

Definitions

  1. tote ticket, pari-mutuel ticket

Ancestry of “totolippu”, step by step

totolippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotototalizator, tote
2Finnishtotalisaattoritotalizator

via Finnish lippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlippuflag, banner; colours; sheet, ticket
Every word from Finnish totalisaattori →Every word from Finnish toto →