Where does “kylänkapula” come from?

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

kylänkapula (Finnish): A baton or stick owned by the village elder and used by them to pass messages to village residents (with the baton passing from one resident to the next until everyone had received it), e.g. to summon them to a village meeting, most common in Ostrobothnia

Definitions

A baton or stick owned by the village elder and used by them to pass messages to village residents (with the baton passing from one resident to the next until everyone had received it), e.g. to summon them to a village meeting, most common in Ostrobothnia

Ancestry of “kylänkapula”, step by step

kylänkapula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kapula

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kapula	a small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a...
2	Dalmatian	capula	onion
3	Latin	cēpulla	onion-bed, onion-field
4	Latin	-ulus	Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish kylä

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kylä	village; Any private place, typically someone...
2	Proto-Finno-Ugric	külä	dwelling

Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Dalmatian capula →