Where does “tapauksittainen” come from?
tapauksittainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapauksittain, from Finnish tapaus, 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.
tapauksittainen (Finnish): case-by-case
Definitions
- case-by-case
Ancestry of “tapauksittainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tapauksittain | by case, on a case-by-case basis |
| 2 | Finnish | tapaus | event, incident, occurrence, occasion; case,... |
| 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 |