Where does “räpyläsara” come from?

räpyläsara (Finnish) comes from Finnish räpylä, from Finnish räpyttää — to blink (eyes, repeatedly).

räpyläsara (Finnish): bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda

Definitions

  1. bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda

Ancestry of “räpyläsara”, step by step

räpyläsara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räpylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpyläwebfoot; swim fin; baseball mitt
2Finnishräpyttääto blink (eyes, repeatedly)

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Finnish räpyttää →Every word from Finnish räpylä →