Where does “vahatulppa” come from?

vahatulppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulppa, from Proto-Germanic *stulpô, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

vahatulppa (Finnish): cerumen impaction, earwax impaction, cerumen blockage

Definitions

  1. cerumen impaction, earwax impaction, cerumen blockage

Ancestry of “vahatulppa”, step by step

vahatulppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtulppaA plug; A spigot; A stopper
2Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →