Where does “töppöily” come from?
töppöily (Finnish) comes from Finnish töppöillä, from Finnish töppäillä, from Finnish töpätä, from Swedish stoppa, from English stop, from English top, from Middle English top, from Old English topp — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...
töppöily (Finnish): (repeatedly) blundering or screwing up
Definitions
- (repeatedly) blundering or screwing up
Ancestry of “töppöily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | töppöillä | to blunder or screw up constantly |
| 2 | Finnish | töppäillä | — |
| 3 | Finnish | töpätä | to blunder; to paint one point at a time without... |
| 4 | Swedish | stoppa | to stop; to make a stop; to stuff |
| 5 | English | stop | To cease moving; To not continue; To cause to... |
| 6 | English | top | The highest or uppermost part of something; A... |
| 7 | Middle English | top | The summit or top of something, especially a... |
| 8 | Old English | topp | top, summit (of something) |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *topp | top, summit, crest |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |