Where does “nirppanenä” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nirppanenä”, step by step

nirppanenä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nenä

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

via Finnish nirppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnirppagrumpy, easily annoyed
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