Where does “puolikuuläppä” come from?
puolikuuläppä (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.
puolikuuläppä (Finnish): semilunar valve either of the two crescent-shaped valves in the heart that prevent backflow from the arteries into the ventricles
Definitions
- semilunar valve either of the two crescent-shaped valves in the heart that prevent backflow from the arteries into the ventricles
Ancestry of “puolikuuläppä”, step by step
puolikuuläppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish läppä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läppä | flap; valve; joke |
| 2 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 3 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 4 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 5 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 6 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 7 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 8 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 9 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 11 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 12 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 13 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 14 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 15 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |