Where does “lapsilauma” come from?

lapsilauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapsi, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lapsilauma (Finnish): flock of children, throng of children, crowd of children

Definitions

  1. flock of children, throng of children, crowd of children

Ancestry of “lapsilauma”, step by step

lapsilauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Finnish lapsi →