Where does “höpinä” come from?

höpinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish höpistä, from Finnish höpö — nonsense.

höpinä (Finnish): drivel

Definitions

  1. drivel

Ancestry of “höpinä”, step by step

höpinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish höpistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöpistäto drool, babble
2Finnishhöpönonsense

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish
Every word from Finnish höpöEvery word from Finnish höpistä