Where does “kapalovauva” come from?

kapalovauva (Finnish) comes from Finnish kapalo, from Proto-Finnic kapalo — swaddling clothes.

kapalovauva (Finnish): swaddled baby

Definitions

  1. swaddled baby

Ancestry of “kapalovauva”, step by step

kapalovauva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kapalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapaloswaddling clothes
2Proto-Finnickapaloswaddling clothes

via Finnish vauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauvababy; a baby animal
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