Where does “lapse” come from?

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

lapse (Estonian): genitive singular of laps

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of laps

Ancestry of “lapse”, 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 →