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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvierasmaaliaway goal
2Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
3Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
4Old Swedishmālato paint
5Old Norsemálato grind
6Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
7Old Saxon*mālōn
8Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
9Proto-Albanianmelanablack
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish sääntö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääntörule; regulation; laws, rules, bylaws, code
2Finnishsaadato get, receive; to afford; usually in passive;...
3Proto-Finnicsaadakto get, to receive
4Proto-Uralicsaxe-to get; to arrive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseǵʰ-to hold; to overpower
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-
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