Where does “tauriontatti” come from?

tauriontatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tatti, from Swedish tätta — to steal, gyp.

tauriontatti (Finnish): lurid bolete, Boletus luridus

Definitions

  1. lurid bolete, Boletus luridus

Ancestry of “tauriontatti”, step by step

tauriontatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp

via Finnish taurio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaurio—
Every word from Swedish tätta →
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