Where does “moppaus” come from?

moppaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mopata, from Finnish moppi, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

moppaus (Finnish): mopping

Definitions

  1. mopping

Ancestry of “moppaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmopataTo mop
2Finnishmoppimop cleaning implement
3EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
4Middle Englishmappe—
5Walloonmappenapkin
6Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →