Where does “puukkotappelu” come from?

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

puukkotappelu (Finnish): knife fight, knifeplay

Definitions

  1. knife fight, knifeplay

Ancestry of “puukkotappelu”, step by step

puukkotappelu 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 puukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish tapella →