Where does “kääntötappi” come from?
kääntötappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappi, from Swedish tapp, from Swedish täppa, from Old Norse tapa, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.
kääntötappi (Finnish): pivot pin, trunnion, swivel pin
Definitions
- pivot pin, trunnion, swivel pin
Ancestry of “kääntötappi”, step by step
kääntötappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tappi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tappi | peg; tap, spigot; plug |
| 2 | Swedish | tapp | cone cell |
| 3 | Swedish | täppa | to block or obstruct a passage, "e.g." a leak |
| 4 | Old Norse | tapa | to lose |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tappōną | to tap |
via Finnish kääntö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääntö | turn; yaw |
| 2 | Finnish | kääntää | to turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kantadak | to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kanta- | to carry, to transport |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |