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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | stone |