Where does “tapahtumarikas” come from?
tapahtumarikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapahtuma, from Finnish tapahtua, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
tapahtumarikas (Finnish): eventful
Definitions
- eventful
Ancestry of “tapahtumarikas”, step by step
tapahtumarikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tapahtuma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tapahtuma | event, happening, occurrence, incident; Short for... |
| 2 | Finnish | tapahtua | To happen, take place, occur, come about, come up |
| 3 | Finnish | -htua | Forms translative verbs, often emphasizing the... |
| 4 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 5 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 6 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 7 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 8 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish rikas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikas | rich; wealthy; opulent |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rik'as | rich, wealthy |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rīkijaz | kingly, royal, noble; mighty, powerful; rich |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |