Where does “tangokappale” come from?

tangokappale (Finnish) comes from Finnish kappale, from Proto-Finnic kapaleh — piece.

tangokappale (Finnish): tango piece, tango song

Definitions

  1. tango piece, tango song

Ancestry of “tangokappale”, step by step

tangokappale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kappale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkappaleobject; piece; track, song
2Proto-Finnickapalehpiece

via Finnish tango

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtangotango
2Spanishtangotango; a style of music associated with the tango...
Every word from Proto-Finnic kapaleh →Every word from Finnish kappale →