Where does “ileosekaaliläppä” come from?

ileosekaaliläppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish läppä, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach — to hit.

ileosekaaliläppä (Finnish): ileocecal valve sphincter muscle valve that separates the small intestine and the large intestine

Definitions

  1. ileocecal valve sphincter muscle valve that separates the small intestine and the large intestine

Ancestry of “ileosekaaliläppä”, step by step

ileosekaaliläppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish läppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläppäflap; valve; joke
2Swedishläpplip
3Old Swedishlapper
4FinnishlappalainenA Sami
5Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
6Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
7Old Swedishslagh
8Middle Low Germanslach
9Old Saxonslag
10Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
11Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
12Low Germanslagge
13Middle Low Germanslagge
14Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
15Old Saxonslāhanto hit

via Finnish ileosekaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishileosekaalinenileocaecal, ileocecal
Every word from Old Saxon slāhanEvery word from Middle Low German slānEvery word from Middle Low German slagge