Where does “heippalaputtaminen” come from?
heippalaputtaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish heippalaputtaa, from Finnish heippalappu, from Finnish lappu, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji.
Ancestry of “heippalaputtaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heippalaputtaa | to leave a heippalappu |
| 2 | Finnish | heippalappu | an informal public notice or a note to someone, usually a complaint; "annoying neighbor note" |
| 3 | Finnish | lappu | A small piece of paper, textile etc; A tag, label |
| 4 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 5 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 6 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 7 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 8 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 9 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 11 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 13 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 14 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 15 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |