Where does “vippailla” come from?

vippailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish vipata, from Swedish vippa — panicle; latch, flip-flop.

Ancestry of “vippailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipatato chuck to throw in careless or inaccurate manner
2Swedishvippapanicle; latch, flip-flop
Every word from Swedish vippaEvery word from Finnish vipata