Where does “napanöyhtä” come from?

napanöyhtä (Finnish) comes from Finnish napa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa.

napanöyhtä (Finnish): navel lint, belly button lint, bellybutton lint, navel fluff collection of fluffy fibres in one's navel

Definitions

  1. navel lint, belly button lint, bellybutton lint, navel fluff collection of fluffy fibres in one's navel

Ancestry of “napanöyhtä”, step by step

napanöyhtä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—

via Finnish nöyhtä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnöyhtäfluff; lint
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa →Every word from Finnish napa →