Where does “napinläpi” come from?

napinläpi (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

napinläpi (Finnish): buttonhole

Definitions

  1. buttonhole

Ancestry of “napinläpi”, step by step

napinläpi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish läpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläpihole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through
2Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
3Spanishlápizpencil
4Italianlapispencil; sanguine
5Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
6Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

via Finnish näppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
2Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger

Words derived from “napinläpi”

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Italian lapis →