Where does “Taffia” come from?

Taffia (English) comes from English Taff, from English tough, from English -ly, from English grisly, from Middle English grisely, from Old English grisliċ, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.

Taffia (English): Any group of Welsh people who practice nepotism or live in an ethnic enclave

Definitions

  1. Any group of Welsh people who practice nepotism or live in an ethnic enclave

Ancestry of “Taffia”, step by step

Taffia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Taff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTaffto Cardiff Bay
2EnglishtoughStrong and resilient; sturdy; Difficult to cut or...
3English-lyUsed to form adjectives from nouns, the...
4EnglishgrislyHorrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;...
5Middle Englishgrisely
6Old Englishgrisliċgrisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid
7Old English-līċsuffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning...
8Proto-Germanic*-līk

via English mafia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmafiaA hierarchically structured secret organisation...
2ItalianMafiathe Mafia (International organized crime organization)
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-līk