Where does “tapettiliisteri” come from?

tapettiliisteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapetti, from Swedish tapet — a wallpaper.

tapettiliisteri (Finnish): wallpaper paste, wallpaper adhesive

Definitions

  1. wallpaper paste, wallpaper adhesive

Ancestry of “tapettiliisteri”, step by step

tapettiliisteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapettiwallpaper
2Swedishtapeta wallpaper

via Finnish liisteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliisteriwallpaper paste; klister; trouble
2Swedishklisterglue; substance used to make things stick, as a...
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