Where does “vakioveikkaus” come from?
vakioveikkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish veikkaus, from Finnish veikata, from Finnish veikka, from Finnish veto, from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
vakioveikkaus (Finnish): pool betting for sports with matches between teams, such as that one bets on the outcome of each match, e.g. football pool
Definitions
- pool betting for sports with matches between teams, such as that one bets on the outcome of each match, e.g. football pool
Ancestry of “vakioveikkaus”, step by step
vakioveikkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish veikkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veikkaus | guess; football pool, pools; sweep |
| 2 | Finnish | veikata | to guess, bet, be one's bet; to play football... |
| 3 | Finnish | veikka | guy, bloke |
| 4 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 5 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 6 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |