Where does “Laplandish” come from?
Laplandish (English) comes from English Lapland, from English Lapp, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh — to hit, strike.
Laplandish (English): Of Lapland
Definitions
- Of Lapland
Ancestry of “Laplandish”, step by step
Laplandish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lapland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lapland | The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people |
| 2 | English | Lapp | An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the... |
| 3 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 4 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 5 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 6 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 7 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 8 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 9 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 10 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 12 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 13 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 14 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 15 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |