Where does “murskatappio” come from?
murskatappio (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappio, from Swedish täppa, from Old Norse tapa, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.
murskatappio (Finnish): walkover loss, crushing defeat
Definitions
- walkover loss, crushing defeat
Ancestry of “murskatappio”, step by step
murskatappio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tappio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tappio | defeat; operating loss; loss, casualty |
| 2 | Swedish | täppa | to block or obstruct a passage, "e.g." a leak |
| 3 | Old Norse | tapa | to lose |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tappōną | to tap |
via Finnish murskata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | murskata | To crush, smash, shatter, pulverize; To grind; To... |
| 2 | Finnish | tä | what |
| 3 | Finnish | mitä | Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive... |