Where does “esiklaps” come from?

esiklaps (Estonian) comes from Estonian laps, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

esiklaps (Estonian): firstborn

Definitions

  1. firstborn

Ancestry of “esiklaps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlapschild; someone's child
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Estonian laps →