Where does “tappelukukko” come from?
tappelukukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappelu, from Finnish tapella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
tappelukukko (Finnish): cockfighter
Ancestry of “tappelukukko”, step by step
tappelukukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tappelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tappelu | fight, altercation, wrangle |
| 2 | Finnish | tapella | to fight, brawl; to quarrel, squabble |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish kukko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kukko | cock, rooster; any of the traditional types of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kukkoi | rooster |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kukkaz | cock, rooster, chicken |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gēw- | to bend, arch |