Where does “lipakka” come from?

lipakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lipeä, from Proto-Finnic lipeda — slippery.

lipakka (Finnish): slippery

Definitions

  1. slippery

Ancestry of “lipakka”, step by step

lipakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lipeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeälye; slippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
Every word from Proto-Finnic lipeda →Every word from Finnish lipeä →