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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 13 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 14 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 15 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |