Where does “nenätipat” come from?

nenätipat (Finnish) comes from Finnish nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

nenätipat (Finnish): nose drops nasal spray

Definitions

  1. nose drops nasal spray

Ancestry of “nenätipat”, step by step

nenätipat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Finnish tippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtippadrop; A bit, in the saying "ei tippaakaan", "not...
2Proto-Finnictippadrop
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