Where does “alpakka” come from?

alpakka (Finnish) comes from Swedish alpacka, from German alpaka, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa — alpaca.

alpakka (Finnish): alpaca; nickel silver

Definitions

  1. alpaca; nickel silver

Ancestry of “alpakka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishalpackaalpaca
2Germanalpakaalpaca (mammal)
3Spanishalpacaalpaca
4Aymaraallpaqaalpaca

Words derived from “alpakka”

Every word from Aymara allpaqa →Every word from Spanish alpaca →Every word from German alpaka →