Where does “Lappishness” come from?
Lappishness (English) comes from English Lappish, 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.
Lappishness (English): The state or quality of being Lappish
Definitions
- The state or quality of being Lappish
Ancestry of “Lappishness”, step by step
Lappishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lappish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lappish | Of, or pertaining to the Lapps or their language |
| 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |