Where does “pumpulituppo” come from?

pumpulituppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pumpuli, from Swedish bomull — cotton; the textile made from the fiber harvested...

pumpulituppo (Finnish): cotton ball, cotton pad

Definitions

  1. cotton ball, cotton pad

Ancestry of “pumpulituppo”, step by step

pumpulituppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pumpuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumpulicotton; lint, cotton
2Swedishbomullcotton; the textile made from the fiber harvested...

via Finnish tuppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuppotuft, wad, shock
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