Where does “hopeahaapa” come from?

hopeahaapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

Ancestry of “hopeahaapa”, step by step

hopeahaapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish haapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaapaaspen; common aspen
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →
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