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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nippu | bundle, bunch |
| 2 | Swedish | knippa | bunch |
| 3 | Swedish | knippe | bunch, bundle |
via Finnish ratkaisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ratkaisu | solution, answer; conclusion |
| 2 | Finnish | ratkaista | To solve; To decide; to make a decision in a... |
| 3 | Finnish | -äistä | Front vowel variant of -aista |