Where does “hopeapoppeli” come from?

hopeapoppeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish poppeli, from Swedish poppel, from Low German poppele, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

hopeapoppeli (Finnish): white poplar, abele, silver poplar, Populus alba species of poplar native to an area reaching from Morocco to cantral Asia via central Europe

Definitions

  1. white poplar, abele, silver poplar, Populus alba species of poplar native to an area reaching from Morocco to cantral Asia via central Europe

Ancestry of “hopeapoppeli”, step by step

hopeapoppeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poppeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoppelipoplar
2Swedishpoppelpoplar (tree)
3Low Germanpoppele—
4Latinpōpulusa people, nation
5Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Low German poppele →