Where does “laapiskynä” come from?

laapiskynä (Finnish) comes from Finnish laapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

laapiskynä (Finnish): Synonym of laapispuikko

Definitions

  1. Synonym of laapispuikko

Ancestry of “laapiskynä”, step by step

laapiskynä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laapis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaapissilver nitrate
2Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
3Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

via Finnish kynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynäpencil; pen; quill, hollow shaft
2Proto-Finnickünätrough
3Proto-Finno-Permicküńä—
Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Finnish laapis →