Where does “tavuttua” come from?
tavuttua (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavuttaa, from Finnish tavu, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
tavuttua (Finnish): to hyphenate
Definitions
- to hyphenate
Ancestry of “tavuttua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavuttaa | to syllabify, to hyphenate |
| 2 | Finnish | tavu | syllable; byte |
| 3 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |