Where does “landepaukku” come from?
landepaukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish lande, from Swedish länd, from Old Swedish länd, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
landepaukku (Finnish): country bumpkin, woolly back
Definitions
- country bumpkin, woolly back
Ancestry of “landepaukku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lande | countryside |
| 2 | Swedish | länd | loin |
| 3 | Old Swedish | länd | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | land | land |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |