Where does “läpitalonhuoneisto” come from?

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

läpitalonhuoneisto (Finnish): double-exposure apartment; a flat or an apartment in which two opposite walls are both outer walls of the block of flats or the apartment building, i.e. a flat or an apartment that is as long as the block of flats/apartment building is wide

Definitions

  1. double-exposure apartment; a flat or an apartment in which two opposite walls are both outer walls of the block of flats or the apartment building, i.e. a flat or an apartment that is as long as the block of flats/apartment building is wide

Ancestry of “läpitalonhuoneisto”, step by step

läpitalonhuoneisto traces back through 3 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 talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-

via Finnish huoneisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuoneistoapartment, flat
2Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
3Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets