Where does “tapettilasta” come from?

tapettilasta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasta, from Proto-Finnic lasta — shake, splint, slat.

tapettilasta (Finnish): (plastic) wallpaper scraper

Definitions

  1. (plastic) wallpaper scraper

Ancestry of “tapettilasta”, step by step

tapettilasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lasta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastasplint; spatula, scraper; Synonym of paistinlasta
2Proto-Finniclastashake, splint, slat

via Finnish tapetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapettiwallpaper
2Swedishtapeta wallpaper
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