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

nypläys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyplätä

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “nypläys”

Every word from Swedish knyppla →Every word from Finnish nyplätä →