Where does “mäennyppylä” come from?

mäennyppylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyppylä, from Finnish la, from Finnish lauantai, from Old Norse laugardagr, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

mäennyppylä (Finnish): hillock, hummock, mound

Definitions

  1. hillock, hummock, mound

Ancestry of “mäennyppylä”, step by step

mäennyppylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyppylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnyppyläA small hill
2FinnishlaAbbreviation of lauantai
3FinnishlauantaiSaturday
4Old NorselaugardagrSaturday
5Old Norselaugbath; hot spring; first-person singular past...
6Proto-Germaniclaugōbath, wash; soap, lye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃-Every word from Proto-Germanic laugōEvery word from Old Norse laug
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