Where does “tapailunimi” come from?
tapailunimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapailu, from Finnish tapailla, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
tapailunimi (Finnish): note name in solfège
Definitions
- note name in solfège
Ancestry of “tapailunimi”, step by step
tapailunimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tapailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tapailu | dating, taking on a series of dates |
| 2 | Finnish | tapailla | To date to take someone on a series of dates |
| 3 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |