Where does “tappiontasaus” come from?

tappiontasaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasaus, from Finnish tasata, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tappiontasaus (Finnish): loss relief, setting off of losses

Definitions

  1. loss relief, setting off of losses

Ancestry of “tappiontasaus”, step by step

tappiontasaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasausequalisation; leveling; justified
2Finnishtasatato divide into equal parts; to level; to equalize
3Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
4Proto-Finnictasaeven
5Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish tappio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappiodefeat; operating loss; loss, casualty
2Swedishtäppato block or obstruct a passage, "e.g." a leak
3Old Norsetapato lose
4Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap
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