Where does “hoopoilla” come from?

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

hoopoilla (Finnish): to behave in a dumb and/or crazy manner

Definitions

  1. to behave in a dumb and/or crazy manner

Ancestry of “hoopoilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoopodumb, crazy
2Finnishhöpönonsense
3Finnishhöpistäto drool, babble
4Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Finnish -ista →Every word from Finnish höpö →Every word from Finnish höpistä →