Where does “muuttotappio” come from?
muuttotappio (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappio, from Swedish täppa, from Old Norse tapa, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.
muuttotappio (Finnish): negative net migration
Ancestry of “muuttotappio”, step by step
muuttotappio 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 muutto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muutto | move, relocation; migration |
| 2 | Finnish | muuttaa | to modify, change, alter; to transform,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ellä | Front vowel variant of -ella |