Where does “tappaja” come from?

tappaja (Finnish) comes from Ingrian tappaa, from Proto-Finnic tappadak, from Proto-Uralic tappa- — trample.

tappaja (Finnish): killer, slayer

Definitions

  1. killer, slayer

Ancestry of “tappaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriantappaakill
2Proto-Finnictappadakto kill, to slay
3Proto-Uralictappa-trample

Words derived from “tappaja”

Every word from Proto-Uralic tappa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tappadak →Every word from Ingrian tappaa →