Where does “Lappi” come from?

Lappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

Lappi (Finnish): Lapland; Lapp-; of Lapland

Definitions

  1. Lapland; Lapp-; of Lapland

Ancestry of “Lappi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
2Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “Lappi”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →