Where does “vierasmaalisääntö” come from?
vierasmaalisääntö (Finnish) comes from Finnish vierasmaali, from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
vierasmaalisääntö (Finnish): away goals rule rule whereby, in case of an aggregate draw, the team with the most away goals wins
Definitions
- away goals rule rule whereby, in case of an aggregate draw, the team with the most away goals wins
Ancestry of “vierasmaalisääntö”, step by step
vierasmaalisääntö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vierasmaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vierasmaali | away goal |
| 2 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 3 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 4 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 5 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 6 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |