Where does “nousutavu” come from?

nousutavu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavu, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz — to stand still; to harden.

nousutavu (Finnish): stressed syllable

Definitions

  1. stressed syllable

Ancestry of “nousutavu”, step by step

nousutavu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tavu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtavusyllable; byte
2Finnishtavatato meet; to meet up; to find, to catch
3Swedishstavato spell; to write the individual letters of a...
4Swedishstava staff, a rod; a letter
5Old Swedishstaverstaff, cane
6Old Norsestafrstaff
7Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ—
8Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

via Finnish nousu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnousurise; ascent; thread pitch, pitch
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stabaz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ →