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Where does “nypläys” come from?

nypläys (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyplätä, from Swedish knyppla — to tat.

nypläys (Finnish): lace making

Definitions

  1. lace making

Ancestry of “nypläys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnyplätäto make lace; to fumble with, fiddle with,...
2Swedishknypplato tat
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