Where does “jänöpupu” come from?

jänöpupu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pupu, from Finnish puputtaa — to eat like a rabbit.

jänöpupu (Finnish): bunny rabbit

Definitions

  1. bunny rabbit

Ancestry of “jänöpupu”, step by step

jänöpupu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpupubunny, rabbit, hare
2Finnishpuputtaato eat like a rabbit

via Finnish jänö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänöhare
Every word from Finnish puputtaa →Every word from Finnish pupu →