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Where does “tappouhkaus” come from?

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

tappouhkaus (Finnish): death threat

Definitions

  1. death threat

Ancestry of “tappouhkaus”, step by step

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