Where does “ydintuppi” come from?
ydintuppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ydin, from Friulian Udin, from Arabic الدِّين.
ydintuppi (Finnish): medullary sheath
Ancestry of “ydintuppi”, step by step
ydintuppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ydin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ydin | core, kernel, the central part of something;... |
| 2 | Friulian | Udin | Udine |
| 3 | Arabic | الدِّين | — |
via Finnish tuppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuppi | sheath; A card game popular in northern Finland,... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | duppaz | hollow, bowl |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰewb- | — |