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Where does “alpakkainen” come from?

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

alpakkainen (Finnish): Made of the wool of alpaca

Definitions

  1. Made of the wool of alpaca

Ancestry of “alpakkainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalpakkaalpaca; nickel silver
2Swedishalpackaalpaca
3Germanalpaka—
4Spanishalpacaalpaca
5Aymaraallpaqaalpaca
Every word from Aymara allpaqa →