Where does “tapahtumasarja” come from?

tapahtumasarja (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.

tapahtumasarja (Finnish): A chain of events, cascade

Definitions

  1. A chain of events, cascade

Ancestry of “tapahtumasarja”, step by step

tapahtumasarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapahtuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapahtumaevent, happening, occurrence, incident; Short for...
2FinnishtapahtuaTo happen, take place, occur, come about, come up
3Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →