Where does “rasvanippa” come from?

rasvanippa (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

rasvanippa (Finnish): grease nipple

Definitions

  1. grease nipple

Ancestry of “rasvanippa”, step by step

rasvanippa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish nippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnippanipple mechanical device
2Swedishsnibba corner of a piece of fabric or cloth
Every word from Proto-Finnic rasva →Every word from Finnish rasva →