Where does “tapa” come from?

tapa (Faroese) comes from Old Norse tapa, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.

tapa (Faroese): to lose

Definitions

  1. to lose

Ancestry of “tapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetapato lose
2Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap
Every word from Proto-Germanic tappōną →Every word from Old Norse tapa →