Where does “paapia” come from?

paapia (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

paapia (Finnish): To sleep

Definitions

  1. To sleep

Ancestry of “paapia”, step by step

paapia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish paapata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaapataTo sleep
2FinnishpaapoaTo pamper, coddle to treat gently or with great care
3Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
4Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →