Where does “nippuratkaisu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nippuratkaisu”, step by step

nippuratkaisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnippubundle, bunch
2Swedishknippabunch
3Swedishknippebunch, bundle

via Finnish ratkaisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishratkaisusolution, answer; conclusion
2FinnishratkaistaTo solve; To decide; to make a decision in a...
3Finnish-äistäFront vowel variant of -aista
Every word from Swedish knippe