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

tappouhkaus 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 uhkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhkausthreat
2Finnishuhatato threaten menace, be dangerous (to)
3Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
4Proto-Finnicuhka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tappa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tappadak →Every word from Finnish tappaa →