Where does “välpe” come from?

välpe (Finnish) comes from Finnish välpätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

välpe (Finnish): screenings material removed by screening

Definitions

  1. screenings material removed by screening

Ancestry of “välpe”, step by step

välpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish välpätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälpätäto screen with a bar screen
2Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
3Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
4Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -tä →Every word from Finnish välpätä →