Where does “vepsäläinen” come from?

vepsäläinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vepsä, from Veps veps — Veps, Vepsian person.

vepsäläinen (Finnish): Vepsian

Definitions

  1. Vepsian

Ancestry of “vepsäläinen”, step by step

vepsäläinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vepsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvepsäVeps
2VepsvepsVeps, Vepsian person

via Veps vepsläine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VepsvepsläineVepsian, Veps
2Karelian-laine—

Words derived from “vepsäläinen”

Every word from Veps veps →Every word from Finnish vepsä →