Where does “vesipallo-ottelu” come from?

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

vesipallo-ottelu (Finnish): water polo match

Definitions

  1. water polo match

Ancestry of “vesipallo-ottelu”, step by step

vesipallo-ottelu 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 vesipallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesipallowater polo
2Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
3Proto-Germanicballôball
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →