Where does “vaappu” come from?

vaappu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

vaappu (Finnish): plug, wobbler, minnow fishing lure

Definitions

  1. plug, wobbler, minnow fishing lure

Ancestry of “vaappu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →
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