Where does “mopsi” come from?

mopsi (Finnish) comes from Dutch mops, from Dutch mop, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mopsi (Finnish): pug

Definitions

  1. pug

Ancestry of “mopsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmopspug, small dog with a snub snout
2Dutchmopa joke, jest; a brick; a mop
3EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
4Middle Englishmappe
5Walloonmappenapkin
6Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

Words derived from “mopsi

Every word from Latin mappaEvery word from Walloon mappeEvery word from Middle English mappe