Where does “nyrkkitappelija” come from?

nyrkkitappelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappelija, from Finnish tapella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

nyrkkitappelija (Finnish): fist fighter

Definitions

  1. fist fighter

Ancestry of “nyrkkitappelija”, step by step

nyrkkitappelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tappelija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappelijafighter, brawler
2Finnishtapellato fight, brawl; to quarrel, squabble
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish nyrkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyrkkifist
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish tapella →