Where does “hupijuttu” come from?

hupijuttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hupi, from Finnish hupa, from Proto-Finnic hupa, from Proto-Uralic čupa.

hupijuttu (Finnish): joke, funny thing

Definitions

  1. joke, funny thing

Ancestry of “hupijuttu”, step by step

hupijuttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hupi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhupifun
2Finnishhupaquickly diminishing; funny
3Proto-Finnichupalean, thin
4Proto-Uralicčupa—

via Finnish juttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuttutalk; tale; anecdote
2Proto-Finnicjuttutalk
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell
Every word from Proto-Uralic čupa →Every word from Proto-Finnic hupa →Every word from Finnish hupa →