Where does “Peppi” come from?
Peppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Peppi Pitkätossu, from Swedish Pippi Långstrump, from Swedish långstrumpa, from Swedish lång, from Old Swedish langer, from Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
Peppi (Finnish): in regular use since the 1990s
Definitions
- in regular use since the 1990s
Ancestry of “Peppi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Peppi Pitkätossu | Pippi Longstocking fictional character created by |
| 2 | Swedish | Pippi Långstrump | Pippi Longstocking fictional character created by |
| 3 | Swedish | långstrumpa | a long stocking |
| 4 | Swedish | lång | long; tall |
| 5 | Old Swedish | langer | long |
| 6 | Old Norse | langr | "; long, far, distant; long |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |