Where does “nyrkkitappelu” come from?

nyrkkitappelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappelu, from Finnish tapella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

nyrkkitappelu (Finnish): A fistfight fight with the fists

Definitions

  1. A fistfight fight with the fists

Ancestry of “nyrkkitappelu”, step by step

nyrkkitappelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tappelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappelufight, altercation, wrangle
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 →