Where does “läpimärkä” come from?

läpimärkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

läpimärkä (Finnish): soaked, sodden, drenched, soaked to the skin,...

Definitions

  1. soaked, sodden, drenched, soaked to the skin,...

Ancestry of “läpimärkä”, step by step

läpimärkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish läpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläpihole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through
2Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
3Spanishlápizpencil
4Italianlapispencil; sanguine
5Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
6Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

via Finnish märkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmärkäwet; pus
2Proto-Finnicmärkäwet, moist; pus
Every word from Proto-Italic *lapetsEvery word from Latin lapisEvery word from Italian lapis
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