Where does “takatuuppari” come from?

takatuuppari (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuuppari, from Finnish -äri, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

takatuuppari (Finnish): something powered from the rear or back, such as a rear-engined car or boat

Definitions

  1. something powered from the rear or back, such as a rear-engined car or boat

Ancestry of “takatuuppari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuuppari
2Finnish-äriFront vowel variant of -ari
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri