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Where does “saippuakupla” come from?

saippuakupla (Finnish) comes from Finnish kupla, from Proto-Finnic kupla, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kupla — to bubble.

saippuakupla (Finnish): soap bubble

Definitions

  1. soap bubble

Ancestry of “saippuakupla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuplabubble; bubble ; see also talouskupla; a...
2Proto-Finnickupla—
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickuplato bubble
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