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Where does “höpö” come from?

höpö (Finnish) comes from Finnish höpistä, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

höpö (Finnish): nonsense

Definitions

  1. nonsense

Ancestry of “höpö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöpistäto drool, babble
2Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

Words derived from “höpö”

  • höpinä
  • höpistä
  • höpöttää
  • höpöpuhe
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