Where does “kuparipelti” come from?

kuparipelti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kupari, from Old Swedish koppar.

kuparipelti (Finnish): copper sheet, thin sheet of copper

Definitions

  1. copper sheet, thin sheet of copper

Ancestry of “kuparipelti”, step by step

kuparipelti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap
Every word from Old Swedish koppar →