Where does “tasakäpälää” come from?

tasakäpälää (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasakäpälää (Finnish): used with animals

Definitions

  1. used with animals

Ancestry of “tasakäpälää”, step by step

tasakäpälää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish käpälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpäläpaw
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*käpälä
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśaEvery word from Proto-Finnic tasaEvery word from Finnish tasa