Where does “laapispuikko” come from?

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

laapispuikko (Finnish): lunar caustic

Definitions

  1. lunar caustic

Ancestry of “laapispuikko”, step by step

laapispuikko 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 puikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuikkopeg; stick; short for neulepuikko
Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Finnish laapis →
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