Where does “köysinippu” come from?

köysinippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish nippu, from Swedish knippa, from Swedish knippe — bunch, bundle.

köysinippu (Finnish): rope bundle

Definitions

  1. rope bundle

Ancestry of “köysinippu”, step by step

köysinippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnippubundle, bunch
2Swedishknippabunch
3Swedishknippebunch, bundle

via Finnish köysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköysirope
2Proto-Finnickeücirope
3Proto-Uralickewδe—
Every word from Swedish knippe →