Where does “mopsikoira” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mopsikoira”, step by step

mopsikoira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mopsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmopsipug
2Dutchmopspug, small dog with a snub snout
3Dutchmopa joke, jest; a brick; a mop
4EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
5Middle Englishmappe—
6Walloonmappenapkin
7Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

via Finnish koira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoiradog; dog paddle; military police
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →