Where does “pölymoppi” come from?

pölymoppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish moppi, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

pölymoppi (Finnish): dust mop

Definitions

  1. dust mop

Ancestry of “pölymoppi”, step by step

pölymoppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoppimop cleaning implement
2EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
3Middle Englishmappe—
4Walloonmappenapkin
5Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

via Finnish pöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölydust
2Proto-Finnicpölü—
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →
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