Where does “taulakääpä” come from?
taulakääpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish taula, from Proto-Finnic takla, from English tackle, from Middle English takel, from Dutch takel, from Middle Dutch takel.
taulakääpä (Finnish): horse's hoof fungus, tinder fungus, tinder...
Definitions
- horse's hoof fungus, tinder fungus, tinder...
Ancestry of “taulakääpä”, step by step
taulakääpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taula | amadou; fine-grained tinder made from the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | takla | tinder |
| 3 | English | tackle | A device for grasping an object and an attached... |
| 4 | Middle English | takel | gear, apparatus |
| 5 | Dutch | takel | tackle, hoist; crane; a ship's rigging, tackle |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | takel | — |
via Finnish kääpä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääpä | polypore, bracket fungus, shelf fungus; conk |