Where does “pulmonaaliläppä” come from?

pulmonaaliläppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish läppä, from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach — to hit.

pulmonaaliläppä (Finnish): pulmonary valve

Definitions

  1. pulmonary valve

Ancestry of “pulmonaaliläppä”, step by step

pulmonaaliläppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish läppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläppäflap; valve; joke
2Swedishläpplip
3Old Swedishlapper—
4FinnishlappalainenA Sami
5Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
6Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
7Old Swedishslagh—
8Middle Low Germanslach—
9Old Saxonslag—
10Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
11Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
12Low Germanslagge—
13Middle Low Germanslagge—
14Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
15Old Saxonslāhanto hit

via Finnish pulmonaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulmonaalinenpulmonary, pulmonal
Every word from Old Saxon slāhan →Every word from Middle Low German slān →Every word from Middle Low German slagge →