Where does “tapaajavanhempi” come from?

tapaajavanhempi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapaaja, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz — to stand still; to harden.

tapaajavanhempi (Finnish): noncustodial parent

Definitions

  1. noncustodial parent

Ancestry of “tapaajavanhempi”, step by step

tapaajavanhempi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapaajameeter one who meets someone else
2Finnishtavatato meet; to meet up; to find, to catch
3Swedishstavato spell; to write the individual letters of a...
4Swedishstava staff, a rod; a letter
5Old Swedishstaverstaff, cane
6Old Norsestafrstaff
7Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ
8Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

via Finnish vanhempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanhempicomparative degree of vanha; In titles etc.,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic stabazEvery word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ