Where does “tappiomieliala” come from?
tappiomieliala (Finnish) comes from Finnish mieliala, from Finnish älä, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
tappiomieliala (Finnish): defeatism
Ancestry of “tappiomieliala”, step by step
tappiomieliala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mieliala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mieliala | mood |
| 2 | Finnish | älä | The second-person singular form of the negative... |
| 3 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish tappio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tappio | defeat; operating loss; loss, casualty |
| 2 | Swedish | täppa | to block or obstruct a passage, "e.g." a leak |
| 3 | Old Norse | tapa | to lose |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tappōną | to tap |