Where does “koplaus” come from?
koplaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish koplata, from Swedish koppla, from Swedish koppel, from Middle Low German koppel, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium — the god Apis.
koplaus (Finnish): coupling, joining
Definitions
- coupling, joining
Ancestry of “koplaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koplata | to couple, to join |
| 2 | Swedish | koppla | to connect, to harness, to couple |
| 3 | Swedish | koppel | a leash |
| 4 | Middle Low German | koppel | pasture |
| 5 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 6 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 7 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |