Where does “lenninräpylä” come from?

lenninräpylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lennin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

lenninräpylä (Finnish): bat patagium

Definitions

  1. bat patagium

Ancestry of “lenninräpylä”, step by step

lenninräpylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lennin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlenninA wing or winglike body part
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish räpylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpyläwebfoot; swim fin; baseball mitt
2Finnishräpyttääto blink (eyes, repeatedly)
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish lennin →