Where does “nippulautta” come from?

nippulautta (Finnish) comes from Finnish nippu, from Swedish knippa, from Swedish knippe — bunch, bundle.

nippulautta (Finnish): raft made of a bundle of timber

Definitions

  1. raft made of a bundle of timber

Ancestry of “nippulautta”, step by step

nippulautta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnippubundle, bunch
2Swedishknippabunch
3Swedishknippebunch, bundle

via Finnish lautta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauttaraft; ferry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lautta—
3Proto-Germaniclautō—
Every word from Swedish knippe →Every word from Swedish knippa →Every word from Finnish nippu →