Where does “olkisilppuri” come from?

olkisilppuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish silppuri, from Finnish silputa, from Finnish silppu, from Finnish silpoa — to dismember, mutilate, maim.

olkisilppuri (Finnish): straw shredder

Definitions

  1. straw shredder

Ancestry of “olkisilppuri”, step by step

olkisilppuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silppuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilppurishredder; chipper
2FinnishsilputaTo shred; To chip
3Finnishsilppuchaff; roughage
4Finnishsilpoato dismember, mutilate, maim

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay
Every word from Finnish silpoa →Every word from Finnish silppu →Every word from Finnish silputa →