Where does “tappolista” come from?

tappolista (Finnish) comes from Finnish tappo, from Finnish tappaa, from Proto-Finnic tappadak, from Proto-Uralic tappa- — trample.

tappolista (Finnish): hit list list of people to be killed

Definitions

  1. hit list list of people to be killed

Ancestry of “tappolista”, step by step

tappolista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tappo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtappokilling or kill; manslaughter; voluntary...
2FinnishtappaaTo kill, slay
3Proto-Finnictappadakto kill, to slay
4Proto-Uralictappa-trample

via Finnish lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlistalist; Short for ruokalista; Short for pörssilista...
2Swedishlistaa list; a register or roll of paper consisting of...
Every word from Proto-Uralic tappa-