Where does “sepiväpeippi” come from?

sepiväpeippi (Finnish) comes from Finnish peippi, from Finnish peipata — to do a dummy, to feint, to deke.

sepiväpeippi (Finnish): common henbit

Definitions

  1. common henbit

Ancestry of “sepiväpeippi”, step by step

sepiväpeippi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peippi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeippideadnettle; the genus "Lamium"
2Finnishpeipatato do a dummy, to feint, to deke

via Finnish sepivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsepiväamplexicaul
2Finnish-väFront vowel variant of -va
Every word from Finnish peipata →Every word from Finnish peippi →
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