Where does “tapp” come from?

tapp (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tappadak, from Proto-Uralic tappa- — trample.

tapp (Livonian): kill

Definitions

  1. kill

Ancestry of “tapp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictappadakto kill, to slay
2Proto-Uralictappa-trample
Every word from Proto-Uralic tappa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tappadak →