Where does “Lapponian” come from?

Lapponian (English) comes from Italian Lapponia, from Italian lappone, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh — to hit, strike.

Lapponian (English): Of Lapland

Definitions

  1. Of Lapland

Ancestry of “Lapponian”, step by step

Lapponian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian Lapponia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianLapponiaLapland
2ItalianlapponeLapp, Sami; Laplander; Sami
3Swedishläpplip
4Old Swedishlapper—
5FinnishlappalainenA Sami
6Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
7Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
8Old Swedishslagh—
9Middle Low Germanslach—
10Old Saxonslag—
11Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
12Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
13Low Germanslagge—
14Middle Low Germanslagge—
15Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Middle Low German slān →Every word from Middle Low German slagge →Every word from Low German slagge →