Where does “vaippamölyapina” come from?

vaippamölyapina (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaippa, from Proto-Finnic vaippa, from Proto-Germanic waipaz.

vaippamölyapina (Finnish): Yucatán black howler, Guatemalan black howler, Alouatta pigra species of howler monkey found in and near the Yucatán peninsula

Definitions

  1. Yucatán black howler, Guatemalan black howler, Alouatta pigra species of howler monkey found in and near the Yucatán peninsula

Ancestry of “vaippamölyapina”, step by step

vaippamölyapina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaippadiaper, nappy, napkin; tunic; mantle
2Proto-Finnicvaippabedspread; blanket
3Proto-Germanicwaipaz—

via Finnish mölyapina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmölyapinahowler monkey; noisy brat
2Finnishmölynoise
3FinnishmölistäTo make noise producing (intentionally) unclear phonemes
Every word from Proto-Germanic waipaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaippa →Every word from Finnish vaippa →