Where does “puput” come from?

puput (Finnish) comes from Finnish pupu, from Finnish puputtaa — to eat like a rabbit.

puput (Finnish): Nominative plural form of pupu; Nominative...

Definitions

  1. Nominative plural form of pupu; Nominative...

Ancestry of “puput”, step by step

puput traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpupubunny, rabbit, hare
2Finnishpuputtaato eat like a rabbit

via Finnish puppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuppunonsense
Every word from Finnish puputtaa →Every word from Finnish pupu →
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