Where does “näppylähansikas” come from?

näppylähansikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish näppylä, 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.

näppylähansikas (Finnish): a glove with small bumps

Definitions

  1. a glove with small bumps

Ancestry of “näppylähansikas”, step by step

näppylähansikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish näppylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppyläpimple
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 hansikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhansikasglove
2Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
3Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
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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