Where does “kapulakieli” come from?

kapulakieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kapula, from Dalmatian capula, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

kapulakieli (Finnish): Unnecessarily obscure language, gobbledygook,...

Definitions

  1. Unnecessarily obscure language, gobbledygook,...

Ancestry of “kapulakieli”, step by step

kapulakieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kapula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapulaa small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a...
2Dalmatiancapulaonion
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Dalmatian capula →