Where does “teletappi” come from?
teletappi (Finnish) comes from English teletubby, from English tubby, from English tub, from Middle English tubbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe.
teletappi (Finnish): Teletubby
Definitions
- Teletubby
Ancestry of “teletappi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | teletubby | Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies |
| 2 | English | tubby | stout, rotund; Resembling a tub; sounding dull... |
| 3 | English | tub | A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or... |
| 4 | Middle English | tubbe | tub |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | tubbe | — |