Where does “ära tapma” come from?

ära tapma (Estonian) comes from Estonian tapma, from Proto-Finnic tappadak, from Proto-Uralic tappa- — trample.

ära tapma (Estonian): to kill, to murder

Definitions

  1. to kill, to murder

Ancestry of “ära tapma”, step by step

ära tapma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian tapma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantapmato kill
2Proto-Finnictappadakto kill, to slay
3Proto-Uralictappa-trample

via Estonian ära

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianärado not/don’t
Every word from Proto-Uralic tappa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tappadak →Every word from Estonian tapma →