Where does “klappi” come from?

klappi (Finnish) comes from Swedish glapp — an (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other).

klappi (Finnish): play, backlash extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely

Definitions

  1. play, backlash extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely

Ancestry of “klappi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishglappan (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other)
Every word from Swedish glapp
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