Where does “rintanappi” come from?

rintanappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish rinta, from Finnish -mä — Front vowel variant of -ma.

rintanappi (Finnish): A button

Definitions

  1. A button

Ancestry of “rintanappi”, step by step

rintanappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma

via Finnish näppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppithe tips of the thumb and another finger or...
2Proto-Finnicnäppifingertip, finger
Every word from Finnish -mä →Every word from Finnish rinta →