Where does “lapakulma” come from?

lapakulma (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapa, from Proto-Finnic lapa, from Proto-Uralic lapa — blade.

lapakulma (Finnish): blade angle

Definitions

  1. blade angle

Ancestry of “lapakulma”, step by step

lapakulma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapablade; shoulder of a horse or other animal;...
2Proto-Finniclapablade
3Proto-Uraliclapablade

via Finnish kuľma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuľmacorner external point where two converging lines meet
Every word from Proto-Uralic lapa →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapa →Every word from Finnish lapa →