Where does “läpimitta” come from?
läpimitta (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets.
läpimitta (Finnish): diameter
Ancestry of “läpimitta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | läpi | hole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through |
| 2 | Tagalog | lapi | joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix |
| 3 | Spanish | lápiz | pencil |
| 4 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 5 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | — |