Where does “vapaaottelu” come from?
vapaaottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapaa, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.
vapaaottelu (Finnish): pankration; mixed martial arts
Definitions
- pankration; mixed martial arts
Ancestry of “vapaaottelu”, step by step
vapaaottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vapaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vapaa | free; free, off; spare, free |
| 2 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |
via Finnish ottelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ottelu | match |
| 2 | Finnish | otella | To compete |
| 3 | Finnish | ottaa | to take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |