Where does “kissankäpälä” come from?

kissankäpälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kissa, from Swedish kisse, from Swedish kiss — pee, wee, tinkle, urine.

kissankäpälä (Finnish): cat's paw

Definitions

  1. cat's paw

Ancestry of “kissankäpälä”, step by step

kissankäpälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine

via Finnish käpälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpäläpaw
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*käpälä—
Every word from Swedish kiss →Every word from Swedish kisse →Every word from Finnish kissa →