Where does “tappelija” come from?

tappelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

tappelija (Finnish): fighter, brawler

Definitions

  1. fighter, brawler

Ancestry of “tappelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapellato fight, brawl; to quarrel, squabble
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “tappelija”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish tapella →