Where does “tappelus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tappelus”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish tapella →
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