Where does “laapispuikko” come from?
laapispuikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish laapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets.
laapispuikko (Finnish): lunar caustic
Ancestry of “laapispuikko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | laapis | silver nitrate |
| 2 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | — |