Where does “mupellus” come from?

mupellus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mupeltaa, from Finnish pupeltaa, from Finnish -eltää, from Finnish -ellä — Front vowel variant of -ella.

mupellus (Finnish): munching (on)

Definitions

  1. munching (on)

Ancestry of “mupellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmupeltaato munch on, eat (slowly) by chewing
2Finnishpupeltaato blunder
3Finnish-eltääFront vowel variant of -eltaa
4Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Finnish -ellä →Every word from Finnish -eltää →Every word from Finnish pupeltaa →