Where does “pöpinä” come from?
pöpinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pöpistä, from Finnish pölistä, from Finnish pöly, from Proto-Finnic pölü.
pöpinä (Finnish): twaddle, nonsense, rubbish; Essive singular ...
Definitions
- twaddle, nonsense, rubbish; Essive singular ...
Ancestry of “pöpinä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pöpistä | to twaddle, prattle; Elative singular form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | pölistä | to shed dust; to babble, prattle; jabber |
| 3 | Finnish | pöly | dust |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pölü | — |