Where does “tapahtua” come from?
tapahtua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
tapahtua (Finnish): To happen, take place, occur, come about, come up
Definitions
- To happen, take place, occur, come about, come up
Ancestry of “tapahtua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -htua | Forms translative verbs, often emphasizing the... |
| 2 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 4 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 5 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 6 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 7 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
Words derived from “tapahtua”
- tapahtuma
- tapahtumaton
- tapahtuminen
- tapahtussõ
- dáhpáhuvvat
- oheistapahtuma
- mediatapahtuma
- opetustapahtuma
- haittatapahtuma
- tapahtumarikas
- tapahtumaketju
- tapahtumapaikka
- tapahtumasarja
- asukastapahtuma
- harrastajatapahtuma
- harrastustapahtuma
- kesätapahtuma
- kulttuuritapahtuma
- liiketapahtuma
- liikuntatapahtuma
- luomistapahtuma
- maailmantapahtuma
- maksutapahtuma
- massatapahtuma