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 nä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnä—
Every word from Finnish höpö →Every word from Finnish höpistä →