Where does “tavata” come from?

tavata (Finnish) comes from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.

tavata (Finnish): to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch

Definitions

  1. to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch

Ancestry of “tavata”, step by step

tavata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstavato spell; to write the individual letters of a...
2Swedishstava staff, a rod; a letter
3Old Swedishstaverstaff, cane
4Old Norsestafrstaff
5Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ—
6Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

via Proto-Finnic tabat'ak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictabat'akto happen
2Proto-Germanicdabanąto come to pass, occur, happen; to fit, be...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰabʰ-appropriate, good, fitting

Words derived from “tavata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stabaz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ →